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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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yell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Verb
yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)
- (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
- (transitive) to convey by shouting
- He yelled directions to the party from the car.
- (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)
- If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
Usage notes
To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.
Synonyms
- (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
Related terms
- gale
- yelp
Translations
Noun
yell (plural yells)
- A shout.
- A phrase to be shouted.
- 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
- After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]
- 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
Adjective
yell (not comparable)
- (Ulster) dry (of cow)
Anagrams
- Lyle
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English yell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?l/
- Hyphenation: yell
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
yell m (plural yells)
- yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)
Related terms
- gil
- gillen
- yellen
Middle English
Noun
yell
- Alternative form of ?elle
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