assertion

From Middle French assertion,[1] from Latin assertio.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈsɜːʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɜɹʃən/, [əˈsɝʃn̩]

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)

1. The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
2. Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

   You're a man of strong assertions!

   • 2007 January 26, Ruth M. J. Byrne, The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality‎, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 140:

     Suppose you are given the semifactual assertion, "even if Nora had liked mathematics then she would have became^[sic] a scientist" and then you find out that Nora did in fact become a scientist.

3. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.

   That's just a bare assertion.

   • 2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6:

     Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL.

4. Maintenance; vindication

   the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

5. (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
   • 2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions, page 284:

     The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition.

6. (finance) the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.

• accusation
• allegation
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

• assertoric

• “assertion”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “assertion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas

From Latin assertiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

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assertion f (plural assertions)

1. assertion

• asserter
• assertif
• assertivement
• assertoire

• “assertion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.