assert
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[edit] English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[edit] Etymology
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /əˈsɜːt/, SAMPA: /@"s3:t/
- (GenAm) IPA: /əˈsɝt/, SAMPA: /@"s3`t/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
[edit] Noun
assert (plural asserts)
- (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
[edit] Verb
assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- he would often assert his beliefs to us
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- to assert one's authority
- Salman Rushdie has asserted his right ... to be identified as the author of this work
- 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.
- (computer science) to make true; to make equal to 1.
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[edit] Translations
To affirm
To maintain; to defend
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures
[edit] External links
- assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- assert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- assert at OneLook Dictionary Search
