Assert

Quick meaning: Assert is a verb meaning To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

Meaning

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

More Meanings

1. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
2. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
3. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
4. (programming) Synonym of assertion.
5. (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
6. (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).

Example Sentences

to assert one's authority

to assert our rights and liberties

He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.

Word Forms

• asserts
• asserting
• asserted

Synonyms for assert

Depending on context, synonyms include affirm, asseverate, aver, avow, exert, assertion.

Antonyms for assert

Common opposites include remit, deny, deassert.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include asseverate, affirm, aver, avow, swear, maintain.

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