Assert

English

Noun

Assert (plural Asserts)

1. (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Verb

Assert (third-person singular simple present Asserts, present participle Asserting, simple past and past participle Asserted)

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
4. (computer science) to make true; to make equal to 1.

Adverbs for Assert

positively; incredibly; blasphemously; unanimously; courageously; peremptorily; persistently; strenuously; dogmatically; emphatically; erroneously; eloquently; lustily; judicially; ignorantly; aggressively; boastfully; truculently; blandly; stalwartly; irresponsibly; autocratically; despotically; arbitrarily; fallaciously; contradictorily; presumptuously; vaingloriously; groundlessly; unequivocally; gratuitously.

Synonyms for Assert

declare, state, insist, avow, allege, affirm, asseverate, aver.

Antonyms for Assert

reject, deny, controvert.

Thesaurus

advance; advocate; affirm; allege; allege in support; announce; annunciate; answer; argue; argue for; assever; asseverate; aver; avouch; avow; brook no denial; champion; confess; contend; contend for; counter; declare; defend; enunciate; espouse; express; express the belief; have; hold; insist; insist on; insist upon; issue a manifesto; lay down; maintain; make a plea; manifesto; nuncupate; persist; plead for; pose; posit; postulate; predicate; press; proclaim; profess; pronounce; propose; propound; protest; put; put it; quote; rebut; recite; refute; relate; reply; respond; riposte; say; say in defense; set down; set forth; speak; speak for; speak out; speak up; speak up for; stand for; stand on; stand up for; state; stick to; stick up for; submit; support; sustain; swear; take no denial; uphold; urge; urge reasons for; vow; warrant

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈsɜːt/, SAMPA: /@"s3:t/
• (GenAm) IPA: /əˈsɝt/, SAMPA: /@"s3`t/

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Related terms

• assertion
• assertive