assertとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈsɜːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɝt/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)t

動詞

assert (三人称単数 現在形 asserts, 現在分詞 asserting, 過去形および過去分詞形 asserted)

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
   • 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 168:

     Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.

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

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

   to assert one's authority

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

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

   to assert our rights and liberties

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.

   Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.

5. (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
6. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

反意語

• remit
• deny
• deassert

同意語

• affirm
• asseverate
• aver

派生語

• assertive

関連する語

名詞

assert (複数形 asserts)

1. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.