assert

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

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

   versichern, zusichern, beteuern

   утвержда́тьutverždátʹ, утверди́тьutverdítʹ

   стве́рджуватиstvérdžuvaty, стве́рдитиstvérdyty

2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

   to assert one's authority

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

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.

   to assert our rights and liberties

   beteuern, beteuern

   отста́иватьotstáivatʹ, отстоя́тьotstojátʹ

   відстоюватиvidstojuvaty

4. (reflexive)To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

   Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.

5. To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).

6. To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

1. He knows how to assert himself.

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2. They asserted that it was true.

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3. She asserted that she was right.

   ruОна утверждала, что права.

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4. Tom knows how to assert himself.

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5. I know how to assert myself.

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