Vocabulary
Assert
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.
Urdu meaning
حق جتانا، دعویٰ، وثوق سے کہنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- However, they assert that the decision was ignored after the chief justice informally and individually met the other judges of the court without their knowledge or involvement.
- No one will assert that ideas exist only in English the literature of our languages is overflowing with them.
- Any political party would feel compelled to assert its rights in the face of such repression.
- States officially assert meritocracy in their policies, but in fact they promote nepotism and favouritism.
- Experts assert that preservation and reusability through strategies in harmony with architectural shells, transformational capacity and connection with climate, culture and the social fabric are crucial.
Synonyms
declare,contend, maintain, argue, claim, state, propound,posit, submit, postulate
Antonyms
minimize, understate
Curator example
“the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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