ALL meanings of assert
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A a - verb assert If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly. 3
- verb assert If you assert your authority, you make it clear by your behaviour that you have authority. 3
- verb assert If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it. 3
- verb assert If you assert yourself, you speak and act in a forceful way, so that people take notice of you. 3
- verb assert to insist upon (rights, claims, etc) 3
- verb assert to state to be true; declare categorically 3
- verb assert to put (oneself) forward in an insistent manner 3
- verb transitive assert to state positively; declare; affirm 3
- verb transitive assert to maintain or defend (rights, claims, etc.) 3
- transitive verb assert with clause: say as true 1
- transitive verb assert insist on: rights, etc. 1
- noun assert State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully. 1
- verb with object assert to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver: He asserted his innocence of the crime. 1
- verb with object assert to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.). 1
- verb with object assert to state as having existence; affirm; postulate: to assert a first cause as necessary. 1
- idioms assert assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.: The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes. 1
- noun assert (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true. 0
- verb assert To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. 0
- verb assert To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. 0
- verb assert To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties. 0
- verb assert (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1. 0