assert
/əˈsəːt/
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American sound/əˈsəːt/
əˈsəːt
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ə - ˈsəːt -> assert
Myanmar meaning
(v) (သူတစ်ပါးလက်ခံအောင်) အခိုင်အမာ ဆိုသည်။ ရဲရဲတင်းတင်းပြောသည်။
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assert /ǝ'sɜ:t/ v
၁။ (က) (သူတစ်ပါးလက်ခံအောင်) အခိုင်အမာ ဆိုသည်။ ရဲရဲတင်းတင်းပြောသည်။
assert one's authority/ independence/ rights.
(ခ) ~ oneself အများဂရုမူ လေးစား အောင် လုပ်ပြသည်။ ။
You're too timid—you must try to assert yourself more.
၂။ မှန်ကန်ကြောင်း အားနှင့်မာန်နှင့် ပြတ်ပြတ်သားသားပြောသည်။
She asserted her innocence/ that she was innocent. ❍ ‘The effects of nuclear war vary greatly,’ he asserted.
More examples
- He has continued to assert his innocence.
- [assert (that)] : The governor asserted that no more money would be available.
- She always manages to assert her point of view.
- [assert yourself] : Don’t be so shy – you need to learn to assert yourself.
- This system discourages people from asserting their rights in court.
- He quickly asserted his authority as a leader.
- It’s hard for shy people to assert themselves in a group.
- After a while her old bad habits began to assert themselves.
Synonyms
declare, state, avow, emphasize, stress, affirm, aver, claim, allege, contend, advance, argue, asservate, attest, avouch, butt in, champion, cite, defend, horn in, insist, insist on, justify, maintain, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, renounce, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, support, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant
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