{
    "term": "assertion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a statement saying that you strongly believe something to be true",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any evidence to support your assertions?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your assertion is not supported by the facts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Researchers have recently challenged these assertions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The argument needs to progress beyond the simple assertion that criminals are made not born."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They made sweeping assertions about the role of women in society."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bold", "confident", "strong"],
                "verb + assertion": ["make", "justify", "prove"],
                "preposition": ["assertion about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of stating, using or claiming something strongly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the assertion of his authority"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The demonstration was an assertion of the right to peaceful protest."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːʃn/",
                "audio": "as/assertion/assertion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɜːrʃn/",
                "audio": "as/assertion/assertion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin assertio(n-), from the verb asserere ‘claim, affirm’, from ad- ‘to’ + serere ‘to join’."
}