assertion

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈsɜː(ɹ).ʃən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

Etymology

Middle French assertion, from Latin assertio

Noun

assertion (plural assertions)

1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
3. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

Related terms

• assertoric

Translations

statement asserted

• Bulgarian: твърдение (bg) (tvǎrdénie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷言 (cmn), 断言 (cmn) (duànyán), 主張 (cmn), 主张 (cmn) (zhǔzhāng)

• Czech: tvrzení (cs) n
• Dutch: bevestiging (nl)
• Esperanto: aserto (eo)
• French: (logic) assertion (fr) f, (rhetoric) confirmation (fr) f

• German: Versicherung (de), Zusicherung (de)
• Italian: asserzione (it)
• Japanese: 主張 (ja) (しゅちょう, shuchō)
• Russian: утверждение (ru) (utverždénije) n
• Spanish: afirmación (es) f, aserto (es) m

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