assert
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver: He asserted his innocence of the crime.
to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.).
to state as having existence; affirm; postulate: to assert a first cause as necessary.
Idioms about assert
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.: The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.
Origin of assert
1synonym study For assert
Other words for assert
Opposites for assert
Other words from assert
- as·sert·er, as·ser·tor, noun
- as·sert·i·ble, adjective
- mis·as·sert, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·as·sert, verb (used with object)
- pre·as·sert, verb (used with object)
- re·as·sert, verb (used with object)
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How to use assert in a sentence
Even as her business grows — Elli’s Kosher Kitchen just became the first business to receive kosher certification from the city of Abu Dhabi — Kriel continues to assert her creativity and attention to detail in the kitchen.
It comes just a week after the Ethiopian House of Federation declared the election as “null and void”, asserting that the poll was unconstitutional.
A controversial regional election win in Ethiopia has raised the stakes for its federal system | Samuel Getachew | September 12, 2020 | QuartzIn response to ProPublica’s 2018 reporting, IBM asserted that cases like Miyoshi’s were one-offs and didn’t represent a company practice.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM | by Peter Gosselin, special to ProPublica | September 11, 2020 | ProPublica“Definitely, this is not the death of cities,” Chesky asserts.
Airbnb CEO: The pandemic will force us to see more of the world, not less | Verne Kopytoff | September 7, 2020 | FortuneKennedy, thanking supporters, said he called Markey to concede, telling him he’s a “good man” and asserting “you have never heard me say otherwise,” according to the New York Times.
Kennedy, Morse come up short in Massachusetts primary bids | Chris Johnson | September 2, 2020 | Washington Blade
As leaders across the world continue to assert, the war is far from won.
“It certainly demonstrates their effort to re-assert themselves in the region and regain their past form,” this official added.
Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses? | Dave Majumdar | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was forced to bring two male “identity verifiers” to assert who I was, despite the fact that I carried my ID card with me.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil | Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRather than a right to health care or abortion, people assert a right to access those things.
These suits assert, basically, that the child herself was harmed by the very fact of her own birth.
The well-worn aphorism of the Frenchman, “History repeats itself,” was about to assert itself.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensQuiet and good natured, when necessity arose he never failed to assert his authority.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIt was as if the earlier, loving Lettice tried to assert itself, but was instantly driven back again.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodNever, when advancing an opinion, assert positively that a thing "is so," but give your opinion as an opinion.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for assert
/ (əˈsɜːt) /
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
Origin of assert
1Derived forms of assert
- asserter or assertor, noun
- assertible, adjective
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