Definitions for assertion
əˈsɜr ʃənas·ser·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. assertion, averment, asseverationnoun

   a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

2. affirmation, assertion, statementnoun

   the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. assertionnoun

   The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

2. assertionnoun

   Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

3. assertionnoun

   A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

4. Etymology: assertion, from assertio

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

1. Assertionnoun

   The act of asserting.

   Etymology: from assert.

   If any affirm the earth doth move, and will not believe with us it standeth still; because he hath probable reasons for it, and I no infallible sense or reason against it, I will not quarrel with his assertion. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assertion

   An assertion is a strong statement or declaration that something is true or false, often without providing any evidence or proof. It is a confident and forceful declaration based on one's knowledge, belief or perception. Assertions are commonly used in literature, debates, arguments, or in legal contexts. In programming, an assertion is a statement that a certain condition is expected to be true at a certain point in the program.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Assertionnoun

   the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced

2. Assertionnoun

   maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

3. Etymology: [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Assertion

   In computer programming, an assertion is a predicate placed in a program to indicate that the developer thinks that the predicate is always true at that place.

Matched Categories

1. • Declaration
   • Speech Act

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assertion' in Nouns Frequency: #2820

Anagrams for assertion »

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5. senoritas

6. notarises

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assertion in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assertion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of assertion in a Sentence

1. Mike Pompeo:

   Israel is not an apartheid state and any conference seeking to promote such a baseless assertion must be recognized for the sham that it is.

2. Matthew Bates:

   We disagree with your assertion that 'Kovalchuk has had a significant role in Energomash,'.

3. Representative Adam Schiff:

   Given North Korea's often boastful claims in the past, its assertion that it has mastered the science necessary for a thermonuclear explosion cannot be accepted uncritically.

4. Eliot Engel:

   This official report directly contradicts the President's false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against the United States, this spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do.

5. Rob Berschinski:

   Secretary Pompeo notion that religious liberty and property rights are inherently more important than, for instance, freedom from discrimination, is dangerous. And Secretary Pompeo assertion that President Donald Trump stands opposed to those fomenting division in American society, rather than as a leading agitator of societal discord, is simply absurd.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=assertion
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assertion
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=assertion
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assertion
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=assertion