Ascertain vs Lookup - What's the difference?
ascertain | lookup |
To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
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, chapter=1 An attempt to retrieve data.
As a verb ascertain
is to find out definitely; to discover or establish.As a noun lookup is
an attempt to retrieve data.ascertain
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
- As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.
Synonyms
* determine * discover * establish * find out * learn * work outAnagrams
*lookup
English
Noun
(lookups)- My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.