assert
Signification (Anglais)
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- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Concepts
être d’avis
parler à haute voix
parler fort
parler franchement
penser que
protester de
affirmer solennellement
assérer
Synonymes
declare
allege
say emphatically
require
attack verbally
pretend to
take the liberty of
state definitively
be obstinate in saying
make an allegation
give effect to
speak emphatically
charge strictly
declare positively
say positively
make name
impose upon
insist on
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/əˈsɜːt/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).
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