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Word entry · 9 letters

assertion

Best crossword clue

"Firm claim"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /əˈsɜːʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeinorsstStarts with AEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2S3S4E5R6T7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

Word origin

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • You're a man of strong assertions!
  • Suppose you are given the semifactual assertion, "even if Nora had liked mathematics then she would have became^([sic]) a scientist" and then you find out that Nora did in fact become a scientist.
  • That's just a bare assertion.

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