'ASSERT' definitions:
Definition of 'assert'
From: WordNet
verb
State categorically [syn: assert, asseverate, maintain]
verb
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
verb
Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!" [syn: assert, put forward]
verb
Assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn: insist, assert]
Synonyms of 'assert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- allege,
- allege in support,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- answer,
- argue,
- argue for,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- brook no denial,
- champion,
- confess,
- contend,
- contend for,
- counter,
- declare,
- defend,
- enunciate,
- espouse,
- express,
- express the belief,
- have,
- hold,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- issue a manifesto,
- lay down,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- manifesto,
- nuncupate,
- persist,
- plead for,
- pose,
- posit,
- postulate,
- predicate,
- press,
- proclaim,
- profess,
- pronounce,
- propose,
- propound,
- protest,
- put,
- put it,
- quote,
- rebut,
- recite,
- refute,
- relate,
- reply,
- respond,
- riposte,
- say,
- say in defense,
- set down,
- set forth,
- speak,
- speak for,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- stand up for,
- state,
- stick to,
- stick up for,
- submit,
- support,
- sustain,
- swear,
- take no denial,
- uphold,
- urge,
- urge reasons for,
- vow,
- warrant
Acronyms for 'ASSERT'
From: V.E.R.A.
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