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assert
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)
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
- 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.
- 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
- (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
- (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)
- (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)
- (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)
assert From the web:
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convince
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convinc? (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vinc? (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferre??an.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /k?n?v?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Verb
convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)
- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- 1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey
- Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
- 1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey
- To persuade.
- (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
- (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
Synonyms
- persuade
- satisfy
- assure
- convert
- win over
Related terms
Translations
Italian
Verb
convince
- third-person singular present of convincere
Latin
Verb
convince
- second-person singular present active imperative of convinc?
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku??vi?t??e/
Verb
convince
- to convince
Related terms
- convinsion
convince From the web:
- what convinces malcolm that macduff is trustworthy
- what convinced mean
- what convinces malcolm that macduff is loyal
- what convinced congress to build a navy
- what convinces macbeth to kill duncan
- what convinced states to ratify the constitution
- what convinced the governor to keep pearl
- what convinced inca armies to retreat
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