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assert
[ uh-surt ]
verb (used with object)
- to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver:
He asserted his innocence of the crime.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.).
Synonyms: ,
- to state as having existence; affirm; postulate:
to assert a first cause as necessary.
assert
/ əˈɜː /
verb
- to insist upon (rights, claims, etc)
- may take a clause as object to state to be true; declare categorically
- to put (oneself) forward in an insistent manner
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·İ ·tǰ noun
- ·i· adjective
- a· verb (used with object)
- v·· verb (used with object)
- a· verb (used with object)
- a· verb (used with object)
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of assert1
Idioms and Phrases
- assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.
Example Sentences
Trump, no longer worried about standing before voters, may feel liberated from the immediate political consequences of his actions - but reality has a way of asserting itself in the end.
Trump — who has falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him — issued his “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” order on March 25.
Elon Musk slanders Social Security as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time”; he and Trump assert that it is shot through with fraud, when it’s one of the most fiscally efficient programs in government.
It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new” claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
Together they wish to take a wrecking ball to labor law, asserting that the 90-year-old National Labor Relations Act and the independent agency it established are unconstitutional.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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