asserts

VERB

insist, declare, maintain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affirm allege argue cite claim contend defend press proclaim profess say stress uphold

STRONG

advance attest aver avouch avow justify predicate pronounce protest state swear vindicate warrant

WEAK

asservate butt in horn in mouth off pop off put forward shoot off one's mouth shoot one's wad stand up for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon conceal deny desert hide leave question surrender

WEAK

reject

Example Sentences

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Asserts Brown: "These human beings should be protected by law."

From Time Magazine Archive

Winter Asserts Its Power Snow and freezing rain disrupted lives in large areas of the eastern U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserts Harry Pryde, president of the National Association of Home Builders: "The housing-led recovery is in imminent danger of collapsing."

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserts Andrew Moss, an epidemiologist at the University of California at San Francisco: "The epidemic is all but over with gay men."

From Time Magazine Archive

The relations of Egypt with another class of ruler is well illustrated by the following letter from a prince or governor brought up in Egypt— Yabitiri Asserts His Faithfulness, And Touches Upon His Early Life.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge