"assert" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈsɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈsɝt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-assert.ogg [US] Forms: asserts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (bind)}}, {{der|en|la|assertus}} Latin assertus, {{m|la|asserō||declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare}} asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|serō||join, range in a row}} serō (“join, range in a row”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} assert (plural asserts)
  1. (programming) Synonym of assertion Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: assertion [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-assert-en-noun-t0Lg7uTy Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈsɝt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-assert.ogg [US] Forms: asserts [present, singular, third-person], asserting [participle, present], asserted [participle, past], asserted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (bind)}}, {{der|en|la|assertus}} Latin assertus, {{m|la|asserō||declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare}} asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|serō||join, range in a row}} serō (“join, range in a row”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)
  1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
    Sense id: en-assert-en-verb-mlSeH6oU
  2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. Translations (to use or exercise and thereby prove): vahvistaa (Finnish), vakiinnuttaa (Finnish), διακηρύσσω (diakirýsso) (Greek), esercitare (Italian), uplatniť (Slovak), nárokovať si (Slovak), ejercer (Spanish), confirmar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assert-en-verb-m5ZkVQ3g Disambiguation of 'to use or exercise and thereby prove': 2 81 3 4 6 4
  3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to. Translations (To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures): behouden (Dutch), verdedigen (Dutch), vakuuttaa (Finnish), beteuern (German), sostenere (Italian), far valere (Italian), whakanonoi (Maori), sostener (Spanish), reafirmar (Spanish) Translations (To maintain; to defend): защитавам (zaštitavam) (Bulgarian), отстоявам (otstojavam) (Bulgarian), puolustaa (Finnish), väittää (Finnish), asseoir (French), beteuern (German), difendere (Italian), rivendicare (Italian), 主張する (shuchō-sur) (alt: しゅちょうする) (Japanese), whakawhena (Maori), whakanonoi (Maori), assegurar (Portuguese), отста́ивать (otstáivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отстоя́ть (otstojátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zastávať (Slovak), sostener (Spanish), reafirmar (Spanish), відстоювати (vidstojuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assert-en-verb-KYKBPcqs Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures': 1 1 89 2 6 1 Disambiguation of 'To maintain; to defend': 5 2 78 3 10 1
  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. Tags: reflexive Translations (to affirm): փաստարկել (pʻastarkel) (Armenian), հաստատել (hastatel) (Armenian), твърдя (tvǎrdja) (Bulgarian), asseverar (Catalan), 断定 (duàndìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tvrdit (Czech), forsikre (Danish), bedyre (Danish), bevestigen (Dutch), aserti (Esperanto), väittää (Finnish), vakuuttaa (Finnish), affirmer (French), attester (French), განცხადება (gancxadeba) (Georgian), versichern (German), zusichern (German), beteuern (German), bizonygat (Hungarian), megerősít (Hungarian), erősködik (Hungarian), asserire (Italian), affermare (Italian), 확고히 하다 (hwakgohi hada) (Korean), 주장하다 (jujanghada) (Korean), assevērō (Latin), affirmō (Latin), whakanonoi (Maori), whakatūturu (Maori), whakakoia (Maori), whakakoikoia (Maori), forsikre (Norwegian), bedyre (Norwegian), assertar (Portuguese), afirmar (Portuguese), утвержда́ть (utverždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), утверди́ть (utverdítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), твр́дити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), за̀ја̄мчити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), tvŕditi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zàjāmčiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), tvrdiť (Slovak), asegurar (Spanish), aseverar (Spanish), afirmar (Spanish), bedyra (Swedish), iddia etmek (Turkish), öne sürmek (Turkish), стверджувати (stverdžuvaty) (Ukrainian), ствердити (stverdyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assert-en-verb-mdhoCuGM Disambiguation of 'to affirm': 13 9 25 31 16 6
  5. (programming) 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). Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-assert-en-verb-V~VCs6G3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 6 2 10 24 35 9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  6. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current. Categories (topical): Electronics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: affirm, asseverate, aver Derived forms: assert oneself, assertive Translations (to make true or equal to 1): varmistaa (Finnish), setar (Portuguese), ativar (Portuguese), encender (Spanish), habilitar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to make true or equal to 1': 7 6 19 33 29 7

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: asserts [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} assert m (plural asserts)
  1. (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2012-04-26, page 168",
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          "text": "to assert one's authority"
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          "claim",
          "claim"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
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          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
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          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "väittää"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "asseoir"
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          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "beteuern"
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          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "difendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "rivendicare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "alt": "しゅちょうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shuchō-sur",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "主張する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "whakawhena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "whakanonoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "assegurar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otstáivatʹ",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "отста́ивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otstojátʹ",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "отстоя́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "zastávať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "sostener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "reafirmar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 78 3 10 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstojuvaty",
          "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
          "word": "відстоювати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "behouden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "verdedigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "vakuuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "beteuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "sostenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "far valere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "whakanonoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "sostener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 89 2 6 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
          "word": "reafirmar"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "dismiss"
        ],
        [
          "assertive",
          "assertive"
        ],
        [
          "assert oneself",
          "assert oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻastarkel",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "փաստարկել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hastatel",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "հաստատել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tvǎrdja",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "твърдя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "asseverar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duàndìng",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "断定"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "tvrdit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "forsikre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "bedyre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "bevestigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "aserti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "väittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "vakuuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "affirmer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "attester"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gancxadeba",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "განცხადება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "versichern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to affirm",
          "word": "zusichern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 9 25 31 16 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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        "(programming) 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)."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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        "(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current."
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        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
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        "engineering",
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻastarkel",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "փաստարկել"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "hastatel",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tvǎrdja",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "твърдя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "asseverar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duàndìng",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "断定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "tvrdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "bedyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "bevestigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "aserti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "väittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "affirmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "attester"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gancxadeba",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "განცხადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "versichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "zusichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "beteuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "bizonygat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "megerősít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "erősködik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "asserire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "affermare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwakgohi hada",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "확고히 하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jujanghada",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "주장하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "assevērō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "affirmō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "whakanonoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "whakatūturu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "whakakoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "whakakoikoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "forsikre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "bedyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "assertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utverždátʹ",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "утвержда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utverdítʹ",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "утверди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "твр́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "за̀ја̄мчити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "tvŕditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zàjāmčiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "tvrdiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "aseverar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "bedyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "iddia etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "öne sürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stverdžuvaty",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "word": "стверджувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stverdyty",
      "sense": "to affirm",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ствердити"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "vakiinnuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakirýsso",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "διακηρύσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "esercitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "uplatniť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "nárokovať si"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "ejercer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use or exercise and thereby prove",
      "word": "confirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaštitavam",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "защитавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstojavam",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "отстоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "puolustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "väittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "asseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "beteuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "difendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "rivendicare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅちょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shuchō-sur",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "主張する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "whakawhena"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "whakanonoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstáivatʹ",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отста́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstojátʹ",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "отстоя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "zastávať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "sostener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "reafirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstojuvaty",
      "sense": "To maintain; to defend",
      "word": "відстоювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "behouden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "verdedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "beteuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "sostenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "far valere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "whakanonoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "sostener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures",
      "word": "reafirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make true or equal to 1",
      "word": "varmistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make true or equal to 1",
      "word": "setar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make true or equal to 1",
      "word": "ativar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make true or equal to 1",
      "word": "encender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make true or equal to 1",
      "word": "habilitar"
    }
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}

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