vverb.communicationstate categoricallySynset:assert asseverate maintain
Derivationally Related Form:assertableasseveratorasseverationassertion
Hypernyms:insist take a firm stand
Inherited Hypernyms:assertinsist
Direct Hyponyms:allegeaverpredicateproclaimsay
Full Troponyms:allegedemurpleadpredicate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: maintain, assert, asseverate)
vverb.communicationto declare or affirm solemnly and formally as trueSynset:affirm assert aver avow swan swear verify
Examples:- Before God I swear I am innocent
Derivationally Related Form:affirmationavowalassertionswearerassertableavermentswearingaffirmerasserteravower
Hypernyms:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:affirmdeclarestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotesttaketell
Full Troponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotest
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: assert, avow, swear, swan, affirm, aver)
vverb.socialinsist on having one's opinions and rights recognizedSynset:assert put forward
Examples:- Women should assert themselves more!
Derivationally Related Form:assertive
Hypernyms:acquit bear behave carry comport conduct deport
Inherited Hypernyms:assertbehaveact
Inherited Hypernyms:assertbehavehold
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitionpostulate positively and assertivelySynset:assert insist
Examples:- The letter asserts a free society
Derivationally Related Form:assertableassertion
Hypernyms:posit postulate
Inherited Hypernyms:insistpostulatepresupposeassumeexpectevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: insist)
adjadj.allrelating to the use of or having the nature of a declarationSynset:declarative declaratory
Antonyms:interrogativeinterrogatory
Derivationally Related Form:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:declarative