assert

khẳng định, quả quyết, thực thi

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.Nói một cách tự tin, rõ ràng và chắc chắn.
2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.Sử dụng hoặc thực thi điều gì đó, qua đó cho thấy nó có hiệu lực hoặc tồn tại.
3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
4. To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
5. To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).

• He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
• Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
• Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.