assertion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
3. (countable, uncountable) A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
4. (countable, uncountable) Maintenance; vindication
5. (countable, uncountable) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
6. (countable, uncountable) the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.

Synonyms

statement

affirmation

claim

declaration

contention

proposition

pretension

averment

allegation

asseveration

remark

confirmation

command

affirmance

position

insistence

expression

infer

inference

manifestation

manifesto

opinion

plea

postulation

predicate

presume

proclamation

professing

promise

pronouncement

reaffirmation

representation

request

saying

say-so

sense

speech

stand

submission

tenet

testimony

theorem

thesis

view

word

words

declarative sentence

avouchment

advocacy

allegement

Translations

affirmation

asserzione

Behauptung

assertion

affermazione

aserción

asserció

asserção

afirmación

bewering

Erklärung

afirmação

βεβαίωση

ισχυρισμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsɜːʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French assertion, from Latin assertio.