Dictionary Entry
assert
assert is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
- 2transitive verb
To maintain; to defend.
- 3transitive verb
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
- 4verb
assert to be true
"The letter asserts a free society"
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- 5verb
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
"Before God I swear I am innocent"
- 6verb
state categorically
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- 7verb
insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
"Women should assert themselves more!"
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