Definition: 1. State categorically. 2. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 3. Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized. 4. Assert to be true.
Use 'assert' in a sentence:
1. SSL does not restrict that ability to assert an ID.
2. I can make the error message better by using another form of assert.
3. A leader must assert himself sometimes in order to be followed.
4. After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country.
5. It's also a way for them to assert their control and influence.
6. "Heck," I put in, "even I know why you don't use assert here."
7. He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage.
8. The assert statement was added in version 1.4.
9. The rules will assert themselves soon enough.
10. I'd last time talked about the two assert statements.
11. The disclaimer asserts that the company won't be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
12. The people have asserted their power and that will be very difficult to reverse.
13. The president has been able to assert his ultimate supremacy over the prime minister.
14. Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
15. Competition for good farmland may also have prompted people to bond together to assert rights over the best fields.
16. He asserted his rights.
17. 'Kathleen' was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, 'An Irish Drama'.
18. Mergers and acquisitions remain common, and bidders continue to assert that their objectives are economic ones.
19. He's speaking up and asserting himself confidently.
20. Therefore I would assert that to be happy is not easy.
21. Cognitive psychologists assert that our behavior is influenced by our values, by the ways in which we interpret our situations and by choice.
22. She asserted that French cooking is the best in the world.
23. Frazier and Mosteller assert that medical research could be improved by a move toward larger, simpler clinical trials of medical treatments.
24. He was willing to assert that "I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree."
25. Her friends asserted that she was innocent.
26. He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing.
27. That is faith; it is to believe and assert what God says.
28. Assert methods test whether something is true.
29. It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achi evement for nations and people striving to assert themselves.
30. After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
31. He asserted that he was an honest man.
32. I'll just assert it.
33. We just have to be very, very careful especially when we assert with certainly the association of a particular gene and disease.
34. The Nordic countries have been quick to assert their interest in the development of the Baltic States.
35. It is commonly asserted that older people prefer to receive care from family members.
36. Altman asserted, 'We were making a political statement about western civilisation and greed.'
37. He angrily asserted that he had been set up.
38. She continued to assert her innocence.
39. French movies, he asserted, are the best in the world.
40. Assert the components and actions in Edit mode.
41. Finally, invariant tests assert conditions that never change.
42. The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
43. She continued to assert that she was innocent.
44. Critics of your book assert that you're trying to force radical changes on the entire country.
45. I was determined to assert my authority from the beginning.
46. 'That is wrong,' he asserted.
47. The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.
48. The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.
49. He asserted his innocence and his financial probity.
50. As for the imprisoned leaders, he asserted that justice would have to take its course.
51. Good sense asserted itself.
52. The scientist asserted that there is no water on the moon.
