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{
"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’."
}