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assert
[ uh-surt ]
verb (used with object)
- to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver:
He asserted his innocence of the crime.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.).
Synonyms: ,
- to state as having existence; affirm; postulate:
to assert a first cause as necessary.
assert
/ əˈɜː /
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·İ ·tǰ noun
- ·i· adjective
- a· verb (used with object)
- v·· verb (used with object)
- a· verb (used with object)
- a· verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of assert1
Idioms and Phrases
- assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.
Example Sentences
“There’s just a soul in tintype photos that really isn’t captured in any other medium,” Mills asserts.
“Trump is asserting a particular theory about executive power, but that’s really all he has,” Ekbladh said, “and that has defined his first hundred days — disrupt, break, defund.”
During this period, Gelasius I asserted the supremacy of Rome and the papacy over the entire Church, East and West, which experts believe went further than any of his predecessors.
It's been asserted that they have made commentary in support of both.
That has harmed America and resulted in a plummeting public trust in national news outlets, they assert, adding that FCC intervention may be justified.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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