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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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snort
English
Etymology
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, probably related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sn??t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Noun
snort (plural snorts)
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco).
- (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.
- 1978, George G. Gilman, Edge: Red River, Pinnacle Books (1978), ?ISBN, page 45:
- "It won't buy you any wine," Paxton told him.
- "I know that," the drunk replied in an insulted tone. "It's a pussy pass, ain't it?"
- Paxton grinned wearily. "How would you know that? You'd rather have a snort than a screw any day."
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- (nautical, Britain) A submarine snorkel.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted)
- (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
- She snorted with laughter.
- (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
- He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
- (transitive, slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
- to snort cocaine
- (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.
- (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.
Synonyms
- (inhale through the nose): insufflate
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ronts, trons
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
snort
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of snorren
- (archaic) plural imperative of snorren
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