assert
pronunciation
How to pronounce assert in British English:
UK [əˈsɜːt]
How to pronounce assert in American English:
US [əˈsɜːrt]
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- Verb:
- state categorically
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- assert to be true
Word Origin
- assert
- assert: [17] Assert comes ultimately from Latin asserere, which meant literally ‘join oneself to something’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and serere ‘join’ (source of English series and serial), and it came to take on various metaphorical connotations: if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular thing, one ‘declared one’s right to’ it, and if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular point of view, one ‘maintained’ it, or ‘claimed’ it.The verb was used in both these senses when English acquired it, from the Latin past participial stem assert-, but the former had more or less died out by the end of the 18th century.=> serial, series
- assert (v.)
- c. 1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.
Example
- 1. That is something his enemies readily assert .
- 2. Shia websites in pakistan assert that america and al-qaeda are collaborating to destroy iran and syria .
- 3. Many pundits assert that the u.s. economy has big structural problems that will prevent any quick recovery .
- 4. The russians assert that kosovo 's independence against serbia 's wishes would set a precedent for other separatists .
- 5. It is time for the congress to assert itself .