Prononciations (2)
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/əˈsɝtɪv/
Notes de prononciation
- General-American
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əˈsɝtɪv
Notes de prononciation
- US
Adjectif
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
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Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.
Pungent.
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an assertive taste or odor
Nom
An assertion.
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Proportionative assertives occur in styles of all kinds, from the least formal to the most formal. Satisfactory declarative equivalents do not exist.
Adjectif
aggressively self-assured
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an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue
pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act