assert
noun
1. (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
verb
1. state categorically
Similar word(s): asseverate, maintain
Definition categories: communication, insist
2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Similar word(s): affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
Definition categories: communication, declare
3. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- Women should assert themselves more!
Definition categories: social, acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport
4. postulate positively and assertively
- The letter asserts a free society
Similar word(s): insist
Definition categories: cognition, posit, postulate
Sentences with assert as a verb:
- he would often assert his beliefs to us
- to assert one's authority
- Salman Rushdie has asserted his right ... to be identified as the author of this work
- The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.