ascertained

Thân thiện

The scientist ascertained the temperature with a precise thermometer.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Discovered or determined by scientific observation: Refers to something that has been found out, verified, or established as a fact through systematic investigation, measurement, or analysis.
   • Confirmed or verified: Indicates that information, a fact, or a condition has been checked and proven to be true or accurate.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The scientists published their findings on the ascertained rate of coastal erosion.
  • The police could not take action until the suspect's identity was ascertained.
  • Once the cause of the error was ascertained, the engineers could begin repairs.

Advanced Usage

• "to be ascertained": A common passive construction indicating the state of having been determined.
  • The full extent of the damage has yet to be ascertained.
• "ascertained fact": A fact that has been conclusively proven or verified.
  • It is an ascertained fact that water boils at 100°C at sea level.

Variants and Related Words

• Ascertain (verb): To find out or learn with certainty.
  • We need to ascertain the truth of his statement.
• Ascertainable (adjective): Capable of being discovered or determined.
  • The total cost is not easily ascertainable at this stage.

Synonyms

• Determined: Decided or concluded after consideration.
• Verified: Confirmed the truth or accuracy of something.
• Established: Shown to be true or valid.
• Confirmed: Made certain or definite.

Antonyms

• Unconfirmed: Not verified or proven to be true.
• Unknown: Not known or discovered.
• Speculative: Based on conjecture rather than knowledge.

Related Phrases

• "as ascertained by": As determined or verified by a specific person or method.
  • The population, as ascertained by the latest census, is 50,000.
• "for the purpose of being ascertained": For the goal of being discovered or determined.
  • The data was collected for the purpose of being ascertained during the audit.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. discovered or determined by scientific observation
   • variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors
   • the discovered behavior norms
   • discovered differences in achievement
   • no explanation for the observed phenomena

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discovered
• observed