different between assert vs audit

English

Etymology

From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asser? (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + ser? (“join, range in a row”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)

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

   He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

2. 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.

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

   to assert our rights and liberties

4. (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
5. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Antonyms

• remit
• deny
• deassert

Synonyms

• affirm
• asseverate
• aver

Related terms

Translations

Noun

assert (plural asserts)

1. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Translations

References

• “assert” in the Collins English Dictionary

Further reading

• assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• assert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• assert at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Portuguese

Noun

assert m (plural asserts)

1. (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aud?tus, from audi? (“I hear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.d?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.d?t/
• Rhymes: -??d?t

Noun

audit (plural audits)

1. A judicial examination.
2. An examination in general.
3. An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

   National Assembly audit

4. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
5. (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
6. (obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […] , "A Funeral Sermon"

     It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.

7. (obsolete) An audience; a hearing.

Derived terms

• audit ale
• audit house
• audit room

Translations

Descendants

• ? Polish: audyt

Verb

audit (third-person singular simple present audits, present participle auditing, simple past and past participle audited)

1. To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).

   to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court

2. (finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
3. (Scientology) To counsel spiritually.
4. To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit.

Descendants

• ? Spanish: auditar

Translations

Anagrams

• ditau

Czech

Noun

audit m

1. audit (independent review and examination of records and activities)

Related terms

Further reading

• audit in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• audit in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.di/

Contraction

audit

1. Contraction of à + ledit.

Etymology 2

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.dit/

Noun

audit m (plural audits)

1. audit

Latin

Verb

audit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of audi?