Definitions for Assert
əˈsɜrtas·sert

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assert, asseverate, maintainverb

   state categorically

2. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

3. assert, put forwardverb

   insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

   "Women should assert themselves more!"

4. insist, assertverb

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assertnoun

   an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

2. assertverb

   To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

   he would often assert his beliefs to us

3. assertverb

   To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

4. assertverb

   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.

   The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.

5. assertverb

   to make true; to make equal to 1.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ASSERTverb

   Etymology: assero, Lat.

   1. To maintain; to defend either by words or actions.

   Your forefathers have asserted the party which they chose till death, and died for its defence. John Dryden, Virgil, Dedication.

   2. To affirm.3. To claim; to vindicate a title to.

   Nor can the grovelling mind,
   In the dark dungeon of the limbs confin’d,
   Assert the native skies, or own its heav’nly kind. Dryden.

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1. assert

   To assert is to state a fact, belief, or opinion confidently and firmly. It often implies that the speaker is expecting or challenging others to accept their point of view. It can also refer to enforcing a right or exercising a power forcefully.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Assertverb

   to affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate

2. Assertverb

   to maintain; to defend

3. Assertverb

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assert

   as-sėrt′, v.t. to vindicate or defend by arguments or measures (now used only of the cause as object or reflexive): to declare strongly: to lay claim to or insist upon anything: to affirm: (rare) to bear evidence of.—adj. Assert′able.—ns. Assert′er, Assert′or, a champion, one who makes a positive statement; Asser′tion, affirmation: the act of claiming one's rights: averment.—adj. Assert′ive, asserting or confirming confidently: positive: dogmatic.—adv. Assert′ively.—n. Assert′iveness.—adj. Assert′ory, affirmative.—To assert one's self, to defend one's rights or opinions, sometimes with unnecessary zeal, to thrust one's self forward. [L. asserĕre (superl. assertum), aliquem manu in libertatem, to lay hands on a slave in token of manumission, hence to protect, affirm, declare—ad, to, and serĕre, to join. Cf. Series.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Assert' in Verbs Frequency: #706

Anagrams for Assert »

1. setars

2. stares

3. tarses

4. tasers

5. Tasers

6. asters

7. tasser

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assert in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Assert in a Sentence

1. Jen Psaki:

   We take this matter incredibly seriously, the President has already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.

3. Federica Mogherini:

   We are committed to a maritime order based on the principles of international law, we oppose any attempt to assert territorial or maritime claims through the use of intimidation, coercion, force or any unilateral actions which would cause further friction.

4. Charles Darwin:

   Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowlege: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

5. Stephen Curry:

   I've got to play better, find better shots and be more in a rhythm throughout the course of Game One for us to really assert ourselves as a team, they've done something that maybe has taken us out of our rhythm, and we have to figure out what that is specifically. But I think we're still confident. We still believe that we're going to win the series.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Assert
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assert
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Assert
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assert
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Assert