ALL meanings of assertion
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A a - noun assertion a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence 3
- noun assertion the act of asserting 3
- noun assertion something asserted; positive statement; declaration 3
- noun assertion declaration, statement 1
- noun assertion claim 1
- noun assertion A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. 1
- noun Technical meaning of assertion (programming) 1. An expression which, if false, indicates an error. Assertions are used for debugging by catching can't happen errors. 2. In logic programming, a new fact or rule added to the database by the program at run time. This is an extralogical or impure feature of logic programming languages. 1
- noun assertion a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion. 1
- noun assertion an act of asserting. 1
- noun assertion The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. 0
- noun assertion Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives. 0
- noun assertion (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging. 0