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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)

  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)

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. To persuade.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.

Synonyms

  • persuade
  • satisfy
  • assure
  • convert
  • win over

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Translations


Italian

Verb

convince

  1. third-person singular present of convincere

Latin

Verb

convince

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of convinc?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku??vi?t??e/

Verb

convince

  1. to convince

Related terms

  • convinsion

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