assertion, averment, asseveration
(noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
affirmation, assertion, statement
(noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
Maintenance; vindication
(computer programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
• accusation
• allegation
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment
• Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas
Source: Wiktionary
As*ser"tion, n. Etym: [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]
1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.
2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
