Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.

    the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

  2. (countable, uncountable)Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

    You're a man of strong assertions!

    Versicherung, Zusicherung, Behauptung

    утвержде́ниеutverždénije

    тве́рдженняtvérdžennja

  3. (countable, uncountable)A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.

    That's just a bare assertion.

    a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

  4. (countable, uncountable)Maintenance; vindication.

    the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

    Durchsetzung, Geltendmachung

  5. (countable, uncountable)A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. That's not a question, that's an assertion.

    deDas ist keine Frage, sondern eine Behauptung.

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  2. Tom refuted the assertion with a counterexample.

    deTom hat die Behauptung durch ein Gegenbeispiel widerlegt.

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  3. Tom refuted that assertion with a counterexample.

    deTom hat die Behauptung durch ein Gegenbeispiel widerlegt.

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  4. Can you prove the validity of your assertion?

    deKannst du die Richtigkeit deiner Behauptung beweisen?

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  5. It's not a question, but rather an assertion.

    deDas ist keine Frage, sondern eine Behauptung.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
affirmation; statement asserted:
Русский
By meaning 1
affirmation; statement asserted:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
affirmation; statement asserted:
maintenance; vindication; assertion of one's rights:

Origin

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.

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Forms

plural: assertions
Singularassertion
Pluralassertions

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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