{
    "term": "assert",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "assert",
            "heSheIt": "asserts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "asserted",
        "pastParticiple": "asserted",
        "ingForm": "asserting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to state clearly and definitely that something is true",
            "sensetop": "assert that…assert something+ speechit is asserted that…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She continued to assert that she was innocent.",
                    "contextForm": "assert that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report asserts confidently that the industry will grow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She continued to assert her innocence.",
                    "contextForm": "assert something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The German Chancellor was anxious to assert his government's commitment to European unity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘That is wrong,’ he asserted.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is commonly asserted that older people prefer to receive care from family members.",
                    "contextForm": "it is asserted that…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["boldly", "confidently", "emphatically"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to behave in a confident and determined way so that other people pay attention to your opinions",
            "sensetop": "assert yourself",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You’re too timid—you must try to assert yourself more."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make other people recognize your right or authority to do something, by behaving in a determined and confident way",
            "sensetop": "assert something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **assert your independence/rights**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was determined to **assert** my **authority** from the beginning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wished to assert her independence from her parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to assert his power over the media."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They successfully asserted their right to protect their homes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + assert": ["need to", "be determined to", "wish to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to start to have an effect",
            "sensetop": "assert itself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Good sense asserted itself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːt/",
                "audio": "as/assert/assert__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːts/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːtɪd/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːrt/",
                "audio": "as/assert/assert__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːrts/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːrtɪd/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːrtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assert/asserting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin asserere ‘claim, affirm’, from ad- ‘to’ + serere ‘to join’."
}