Skip to main content

verb

assert

CEFR B2

to state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

In a sentence

Six example sentences with assert, each labelled with its topic.

  • Counsel continued to assert that the contract was signed under duress, repeating the claim in every filing since March.

    Law

  • It is easy to assert that knowledge requires certainty, and far harder to defend that claim against a single counterexample.

    Philosophy

  • The pitch deck asserts that the market will triple within five years, though the only source is the founders' own survey.

    Startups

  • The paper asserts that the signal is real, though the authors admit their detector has never seen anything like it.

    Science

  • The candidate asserted that the bridge would be finished by spring, a claim the engineers quietly doubted.

    Politics

  • The coach asserted before the series that his bench was deeper, and the fourth quarters proved him right.

    Basketball

Study assert until you keep it

Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.

Found in these word lists

Found in 8 published word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains assert. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.