ASCERTAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascertained mean? 

• ASCERTAINED (adjective)
  The adjective ASCERTAINED has 1 sense:

1. discovered or determined by scientific observation

  Familiarity information: ASCERTAINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCERTAINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discovered or determined by scientific observation

Synonyms:

ascertained; discovered; observed

Context example:

no explanation for the observed phenomena

Similar:

determined (having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation)

 Context examples 

No harm has come to us such as I feared might be and yet we have ascertained how many boxes are missing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And by this ascertained standard, White Fang treated them accordingly.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was ascertained that the virus replicated in the brain of the adult animal and preferred areas linked to memory and motor control.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained.

(Fever of Unknown Origin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

“His disappearance has not affected my love for him, and until his fate is finally ascertained, I shall exert myself to see that his rights also are respected.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ascertained or determined through monitoring or observation.

(Observed, NCI Thesaurus)

I could not leave it till Louisa's doing well was quite ascertained.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

You have already ascertained Mr. Willoughby's opinion in almost every matter of importance.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

And yet, in general, nothing can be more easily ascertained.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I spent three days in wiring to Dundee, and at the end of that time I had ascertained the names of the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1883.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)