assert   (Sound)

The verb assert has 4 senses

• assert, asseverate, maintain -- (state categorically)


• affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")


• assert, put forward -- (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!")


• insist, assert -- (assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society")