ascertain

Object

• suitability: Special Selection Methods After ascertaining the suitability of the applicant's subject knowledge, applicants are interviewed by a course tutor and subject mentor.
• extent: Each clause must be considered carefully by the official receiver to ascertain the extent of the supplier's possible claim.
• feasibility: To ascertain the feasibility of recruiting secondary care trusts to participate in the trial.
• validity: Part of these arrangements should involve checks to ascertain the validity of training certificates or plant licenses.
• truth: Here the Tribunal takes the initiative in trying to ascertain the truth.
• compliance: The owner may also be requested to expose various aspects of work to ascertain compliance with the legislation.

Preposition: with

• certainty: And the date of that first " Palm Sunday " can be ascertained with certainty.

Used with why or when

• which: Please consult your waiting staff to ascertain which is suitable for your safe dining.
• who: Clerk to ascertain who has responsibility for this footpath.
• what: In the morning I went to ascertain what success had attended his patience.
• where: The key is to try and ascertain where the value lies, in order to minimize your risk.
• why: We recommend that the Treasury examine this episode to ascertain why the likelihood of misuse was not more apparent at an earlier stage.
• when: The true position seems to have been ascertained when the time came to draw up Rimer J's order.

Modifying Another Word

• accurately: The numbers attending each of these chapels cannot be accurately ascertained.
• exactly: You should, therefore, read the requirement and ascertain exactly what the question is asking from you.
• quickly: We were able to quickly ascertain that there was no known rarity or error.
• reasonably: It indicates that the works have, so far as can be reasonably ascertained, been carried out to the Building Regulation standards.
• easily: For example, we can easily ascertain a whole range of information about the taking away, or the damage to, property.

Preposition: in

• advance: Ascertain in advance of commitment that the necessary statutory basis and other legal authorities are in place.