different between narrate vs assert

English

Etymology

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n???e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?næ?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)

1. (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

   Synonym: tell

2. To give an account. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonym: report

Derived terms

• aforenarrated

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb 1

narrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of narrare
2. second-person plural imperative of narrare

Verb 2

narrate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of narrare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /na?r?ra?.te/, [nä?r?rä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nar?ra.te/, [n?r?r??t??]

Verb

n?rr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of n?rr?

Participle

n?rr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of n?rr?tus

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

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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)