assertion

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /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) n (tvǎrdénie)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: tvrzení (cs) n
• Dutch: bevestiging (nl)
• Esperanto: aserto

• French: (logic) assertion (fr) f, (rhetoric) confirmation (fr) f
• German: Versicherung (de), Zusicherung
• Italian: asserzione
• Japanese: 主張 (ja) (しゅちょう, shuchō)
• Russian: утверждение (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: тврдња f (tvrdnja)
• Spanish: afirmación (es) f, aserto (es) m

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