reassert
Britishverb
Explanation
When you state a fact or opinion confidently, and then say it again with equal force, you reassert it. You can also reassert forceful behavior, like when a teacher reasserts control over a rowdy classroom. You might reassert your belief that one presidential candidate is much better than another, or reassert your innocence when a question of someone stealing cookies from your grandparents' cookie jar is raised more than once. You can also reassert authority, the way a librarian does, hushing a conversation that's become too loud and boisterous again. Reassert adds the "again" prefix re- to assert, from the Latin asserere, "claim, maintain, or affirm."
Example Sentences
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Those drivers will reassert themselves as geopolitical stress dissipates, they said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Memory chip prices will reassert their cyclical nature, but not too soon.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week for his first foreign trip of the year, as he attempts to reassert Beijing’s authority over Pyongyang following Kim Jong Un’s embrace of Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Will Iran reassert those demands in a counteroffer?
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
“We have been missing out on the Friday-night Walmart hijinks while watching Herzog documentaries. Let’s reassert our social position.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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