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ascertainable.

Adjective
Formal
MEANING

Possible to find out with sufficient checking or evidence.

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  • ascertainable facts
  • readily ascertainable

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The date of construction was ascertainable from the surviving accounts.

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ascertainable

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Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence. Commonness: uncommon.

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