assert — Słownik języka angielskiego

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Język

assert

Wymowy (4)

Czasownik

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

Synonimy
affirm asseverate aver avow

Przykłady

Więcej przykładów (1)

Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.

He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

Synonimy
exert

Przykłady

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.

Przykłady

to assert our rights and liberties
To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
Użycie
- zwrotne
Przykłady

Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.
To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Formy wyrazu

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