assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
will assert
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future tenseof assert.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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I will assert that everyone, outside a few Cruella De Vils, has some empathy, no matter how you define it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
That's not what I am expecting to happen, though, because I actually think Villa will assert themselves and get the win they need.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
So, Fuller, a team captain, is confident the secondary will assert itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
Members of this tradition will assert that the Divine is personal and caring and that God has entered the narrative of our history to realize God’s purpose through humanity.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Whether Ireland depends upon England or only upon God, the King, and the law, I hope no man will assert that it depends upon Mr. Wood.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)
