assert

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
4. (reflexive) 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.
5. 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).
6. To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Noun

Synonym of assertion.

Concepten

beweren

verzekeren

bevestigen

forceren

opdringen

opkomen voor

noodzaken

verplichten

dwingen

betuigen

verdedigen

verklaren

beamen

🗣️

toestemmen

van mening zijn

veraccijnzen

zich opdringen

opiniëren

doen gelden

laten gelden

aanbrengen

vorstaan

aandoen

aanslaan

aantrekken

behouden

belasten

belasting heffen op

bepleiten

claimen

ja zeggen

menen

🤔

opbrengen

opleggen

Synoniemen

affirm

maintain

declare

allege

claim

aver

insist

state

avow

asseverate

contend

say emphatically

swear

verify

uphold

avouch

confirm

impose

vow

coerce

vindicate

swan

🦢

force

defend

thrust

put forward

say

🗣️

profess

constrain

compel

attest

assure

testify

establish

require

stand up for

predicate

necessitate

oblige

prove

make out

assert oneself

mandate

purport

consolidate

confess

apply

command

impose upon

hold off

Vertalingen

affirmer

asserire

affermare

beteuern

asseverare

sostenere

afirmar

behaupten

sostener

βεβαιώνω

διεκδικώ

dichiarare

ισχυρίζομαι

أكّد

afirmar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈsɜːt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).