"assert" meaning in English

See assert in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈsɜːt/ [UK], /əˈsɝt/ [US] Audio: en-us-assert.ogg [US] Forms: assert [canonical], asserts [third-person, singular], asserted [past], asserted [past, participle], asserting [present, participle]
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  1. When you asserts something, you say it with confidence.
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