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| VERB | 1 | assert, asseverate, maintain | State categorically |
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| 2 | assert, affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | |
| 3 | assert, put forward | Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized | |
| 4 | assert, insist | Assert to be true |
| Sounds | ahser't |
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| Rhymes | Albert, alert, avert, and 68 more rhymes in ert... |
| Meaning | State categorically. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They assert that there was a traffic accident |
| Synonyms | asseverate, maintain |
| Broader | insist, take a firm stand |
| Narrower | allege, aver, say; predicate, proclaim |
| Adjectives | assertable; assertable |
| Nouns | assertion |
| Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They assert that there was a traffic accident |
| Synonyms | affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear |
| Broader | declare |
| Narrower | hold; claim, take; attest; declare; protest; assure, tell |
| Adjectives | assertable; assertable |
| Nouns | assertion; asserter |
| Meaning | Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Women should assert themselves more!" |
| Synonyms | put forward |
| Broader | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Adjectives | assertive; assertive |
| Meaning | Assert to be true. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The letter asserts a free society" |
| Synonyms | insist |
| Broader | postulate, posit |
| Adjectives | assertable; assertable |
| Nouns | assertion |
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