Meaning of assert in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

verb

• To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

  Example: He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

• To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

  Example: Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

• To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

  Example: to assert our rights and liberties

• To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.

• To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.