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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)
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plead
English
Etymology
From Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Old French plaider (“to plead, offer a plea”), from plait, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.", in Classical Latin, "an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of place? (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleitear (“to litigate, take to court”).
Pronunciation
- Present tense, infinitive
- IPA(key): /?pli?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Past tense
- IPA(key): /?pli?d?d/
- IPA(key): /pl?d/ (both pled and plead)
Verb
plead (third-person singular simple present pleads, present participle pleading, simple past and past participle (North America, England, legal) pleaded or (North America, Scotland) pled or (North America) plead)
- (transitive, intransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
- (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore.
- (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.
- Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.
- (transitive) To discuss by arguments.
Related terms
- plea
- pleasant
- please
- pleasurable
- pleasure
Translations
Further reading
- plead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plead in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- plead at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- padel, padle, paled, pedal
plead From the web:
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