Assert
verb
To state something strongly as being true.
He asserted that he was innocent.
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- assert dominance
- assert authority
verb
To express your feelings, opinions, or rights strongly.
She asserted her independence from her parents by moving out.
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- assert control
- assert power
verb
To cause others to recognize one's authority or rights.
He needed to assert himself to get the promotion.
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- assert oneself
- assert influence
verb
To state formally in code that something is true.
The programmer wrote an assert statement to ensure the value was not null.
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- assert statement
- assert condition
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Technical
verb
To state something strongly as being true.
He asserted that he was innocent.
Often appears as...
- assert dominance
- assert authority
verb
To express your feelings, opinions, or rights strongly.
She asserted her independence from her parents by moving out.
Often appears as...
- assert control
- assert power
verb
To cause others to recognize one's authority or rights.
He needed to assert himself to get the promotion.
Often appears as...
- assert oneself
- assert influence
verb
To state formally in code that something is true.
The programmer wrote an assert statement to ensure the value was not null.
Often appears as...
- assert statement
- assert condition
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Stating Facts
Use 'assert' when you are sure about your facts and you want others to believe you.
I assert that the company has followed all legal protocols.
Pro Tip 2/2Conviction Strength
Use 'assert' to show that you have no doubts about your statement.
She asserted her solution was the most effective.
Pro Tip 1/2Stating Facts
Use 'assert' when you are sure about your facts and you want others to believe you.
I assert that the company has followed all legal protocols.
Pro Tip 2/2Conviction Strength
Use 'assert' to show that you have no doubts about your statement.
She asserted her solution was the most effective.
Pro Tip 1/2Stating Facts
Use 'assert' when you are sure about your facts and you want others to believe you.
I assert that the company has followed all legal protocols.
Pro Tip 2/2Conviction Strength
Use 'assert' to show that you have no doubts about your statement.
She asserted her solution was the most effective.
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As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta. Within milliseconds, this information zips through pathways and is processed into a single moment. Most of the time, everything is recorded in-sync. However, this theory asserts
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Give yourself permission...
We start to assert it. And when we do that, really good things happen. So, if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family, if you want to help your friends, you have to express yourself. And to express yourself, you have to know yourself. It's actually super easy.
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How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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How science & reason...
can reject them based on what I call Hitchens dictum after my friend Christopher Hitchens who said that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence you have to have reasons for your moral beliefs
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Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
So it's kind of just to assert their dominance, to show their size. And I guess like, it's a way of scaring someone away. Why do rhinos have thick skin? So rhinos have about five centimetre thick skin, so it's super thick?
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Thoughts on humanity,...
the quest to cultivate our capacity for love and compassion has to assert itself, has to assert itself, just as equally. So I believe the future "you" is an infinite you.
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Inside the mind of a...
Through considering the uncertainties in all that we had asserted, to the inviolable truths, incontestable truths, I developed a more nuanced understanding.
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After Decades of...
mainstream media has characterized how we see south asians whether by romanticizing its biggest country india or asserting the model minority
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Chaos Erupts in...
their chance there has never been a more important moment for david to assert his power he makes the first move
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The Most Dramatic...
There's never been a more important moment for David to assert his power. He makes the first move.
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What is déjà vu? What is...
As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta. Within milliseconds, this information zips through pathways and is processed into a single moment. Most of the time, everything is recorded in-sync. However, this theory asserts
Video examples
Give yourself permission...
We start to assert it. And when we do that, really good things happen. So, if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family, if you want to help your friends, you have to express yourself. And to express yourself, you have to know yourself. It's actually super easy.
Video examples
How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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How science & reason...
can reject them based on what I call Hitchens dictum after my friend Christopher Hitchens who said that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence you have to have reasons for your moral beliefs
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Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
So it's kind of just to assert their dominance, to show their size. And I guess like, it's a way of scaring someone away. Why do rhinos have thick skin? So rhinos have about five centimetre thick skin, so it's super thick?
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Thoughts on humanity,...
the quest to cultivate our capacity for love and compassion has to assert itself, has to assert itself, just as equally. So I believe the future "you" is an infinite you.
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Inside the mind of a...
Through considering the uncertainties in all that we had asserted, to the inviolable truths, incontestable truths, I developed a more nuanced understanding.
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After Decades of...
mainstream media has characterized how we see south asians whether by romanticizing its biggest country india or asserting the model minority
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Chaos Erupts in...
their chance there has never been a more important moment for david to assert his power he makes the first move
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The Most Dramatic...
There's never been a more important moment for David to assert his power. He makes the first move.
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Orhan Pamuk
Novelist
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today's world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
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Scott Turow
American Novelist
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.
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Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
Truth is about propositions. When it comes to determining truth, it is vital to understand the methods used by individuals in asserting propositions.
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John Howard
Australian Statesman
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
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Sasha Velour
American Entertainer
Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance.
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Orhan Pamuk
Novelist
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.
Quote examples
Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today's world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
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Scott Turow
American Novelist
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.
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Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
Truth is about propositions. When it comes to determining truth, it is vital to understand the methods used by individuals in asserting propositions.
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John Howard
Australian Statesman
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
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Sasha Velour
American Entertainer
Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance.
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