assert
/əˈsɜːt/
Dictionary
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.
"He would often assert that there was life on other planets."
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
"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
"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.
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