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assert

verb

To state firmly or put forward a claim or position.

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Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.

State firmly

Closest synonyms

affirmdeclaremaintainavowaverinsistcontend

Related words and expressions

put forwardstate emphatically

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Usage distinction

Insist stresses persistence; assert does not by itself show that a claim has been proved.

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See assert in use

She continued to assert that the published timetable was incorrect.
Dictionary practice example.
A collector visited a small archive to assert that an unsigned drawing was the work of a well-known local illustrator.
From A Claim Worth Believing.

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