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asserting

The correct spelling is asserting.

How to pronounce asserting

verb

Say it like: Ass-ert-ing

The correct spelling is asserting. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. For example: "He would often assert that there was life on other planets."

Usage Examples

He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

to assert our rights and liberties

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
  2. 2.To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
  3. 3.To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
  4. 4.To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
  5. 5.To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

noun

  1. 1.The act of making assertions.

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