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Definitions
- 1 Synonym of assertion.
- 1 To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
"Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know."
- 2 postulate positively and assertively wordnet
- 3 To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
"to assert one's authority"
- 4 to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true wordnet
- 5 To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
"to assert our rights and liberties"
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- 6 state categorically wordnet
- 7 To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself. reflexive
"Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself."
- 8 insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized wordnet
- 9 To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- 10 To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Etymology
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).
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