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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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stutter
English
Etymology
From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?st???/
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
Verb
stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty
- The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.
Synonyms
- (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer
Translations
Noun
stutter (plural stutters)
- A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
- Synonym: stammer
- (obsolete) One who stutters.
- Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,[1]
- And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Truetts, tutters
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- what stuttering sounds like
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- stuttering what to do
- stutter what would you do
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