Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascertainment

/ˌæsɚˈteɪnmənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: as-cer-tain-ment
IPA: /ˌæsɚˈteɪnmənt/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of ascertaining.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the ascertainment of facts"
"You have a great Worke to doe, to restore Religion and Law, upon which depends the Kings re-enthronement, and re-investure with his just rights, the Parliaments ascertainment of their just power and equall Priviledges, and the peoples restorement to their known Liberties and Properties […]"
"[…] Mr. Pope himself appears to me […] now and then to have imagin’d Proprieties, or cover’d Defects with a seeming View rather to the Honour of his Author at all Events, than to the precise Ascertainment of Truth."
"[…] I judged it proper that there should be an exact ascertainment of my legal rights by the decree of a court of justice,"
"[…] does not science tell us that its highest striving is after the ascertainment of a unity which shall bind the smallest things with the greatest?"
"[…] what we ought to aim at is less the ascertainment of resemblances and differences than the recognition of likenesses hidden under apparent divergences."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ascertain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English ascertainment From ascertain + -ment.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæsɚˈteɪnmənt/
British English: /əˈsɜːtənmənt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ascertainments (plural)

Derived Forms

misascertainment underascertainment

Questions

How do you pronounce ascertainment?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæsɚˈteɪnmənt/.
What does ascertainment mean?: The act of ascertaining.
Where does ascertainment come from?: Etymology tree English ascertain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English ascertainment From ascertain + -ment.

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