Asserting

Definition: Asserting

Asserting

Adjective

1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.

Date "asserting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Asserting

Synonyms: asserting(a) (adj), declarative (adj), declaratory (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: interrogative (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Adjective: asserting;Verb: declaratory, predicatory,
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Asserting

English words defined with "asserting": affirmation, assertion, Assertorial, Asseverative, avowal ♦ Declaration of Independence ♦ humanist, humanistic ♦ Oath of abjuration ♦ pre-emption ♦ self-assertion, statement ♦ truculently ♦ Zen, Zen Buddhism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "asserting": interested party ♦ kremvax ♦ person entitled, Petrobrussians ♦ Rival ♦ Science Persecuted ♦ Virgilius. (references)

Etymologies containing "asserting": ASSERT. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Asserting Your Self: How to Feel Confident About Getting More from Life (reference) Asserting Yourself (reference) Asserting Yourself: A Practical Guide for Positive Change (reference) Diplomas and Thatch Houses: Asserting Tradition in a Changing Micronesia (reference) Political Reforms: Asserting Civic Sovereignty (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Persons with urinary incontinence should be alerted to the importance of reporting their symptoms to a health care professional and of asserting their right to proper assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. (references)
Civil Liberties	Guyana	A representative of Human Rights Watch criticized the arrests of the television hosts, asserting that this action violated freedom of press and speech. (references)
	Lithuania	The Church appealed, asserting that it had owned the properties before they were nationalized in 1945 and that restitution had been carried out according to the law. (references)
	Bulgaria	Also in April, Nova Zagora city officials refused permission for the showing of the same film, asserting that the film violated the tenets of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. (references)
Economic History	Slovenia	In September 1989, the General Assembly of the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia adopted an amendment to its constitution asserting Slovenia's right to secede from Yugoslavia. (references)
	Angola	Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention. (references)
	Belgium	Some countries, which include Belgium, while asserting nationality jurisdiction, make it contingent upon the principles of dual criminality or reciprocity, thus requiring that the laws of the country whose official is bribed or a third country where the bribe is paid also prohibits bribery of foreign officials. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	Asserting that the robbery was an act of intimidation, Ayala, who works on indigenous rights issues, lodged a complaint with the state attorney general's office. (references)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	The President of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association (SVGHRA) criticized the killing, asserting that it was unnecessary, irresponsible, and unlawful. (references)
	China	Government officials denied that there were any political prisoners, asserting that authorities detained persons not for their political or religious views, but because they violated the law. (references)
Political Economy	UKRAINE	Independent trade unionists have reported, however, that asserting this right would result in retaliation or perhaps dismissal by management. (references)
	Mexico	In a December report, Amnesty International acknowledged that the President had asserted his commitment to human rights; however, it faulted him for failing to institute measures that would halt abuses, and it accused the President of not asserting enough authority to solve the murder of Digna Ochoa. (references)
	Lebanon	The withdrawal of the Israeli forces reduced level of conflict between Hizballah and the Israelis, although Lebanon in October began asserting a claim to Sheba farms, a small area of the Golan heights which Israel captured from Syria in 1967. Since that time, Hizballah has captured 3 Israeli soldiers and killed 3 others in sporadic attacks on this area. (references)
Political Rights	Zimbabwe	The NCA openly was critical of the CC, asserting that it was a government-controlled entity whose product would not reflect the will of the populace. (references)
	Trinidad and Tobago	In January a month-long standoff ensued when the President refused to confirm seven of the Prime Minister's ministerial and senatorial appointments, asserting that the Prime Minister was exceeding his authority in appointing defeated election candidates. (references)
	Gabon	In December elections were held for the National Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature; nine opposition parties boycotted the first round of the elections, asserting that procedural and systemic shortcomings made a free and fair election impossible. (references)
Women	Pakistan	The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry for Women criticized Hudood Ordinances relating to extramarital sex and recommended that they be repealed asserting that they are based on an erroneous interpretation of Shari'a. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	While Shari'a provides women with a basis to own and dispose of property independently, women often are constrained from asserting such rights because of various legal and societal barriers, especially regarding employment and freedom of movement. (references)
Worker Rights	Hong Kong	The Government provided the ILO progress reports in May 1999 and January 2000 asserting that it was in compliance with all of the 40 ILO conventions that apply to Hong Kong. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	If in asserting rights or in repelling wrongs war should come upon us, our regular force should be increased to an extent proportional to the emergency, and our present small Army is a nucleus around which such force could be formed and embodied.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Asserting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Asserting" is used about 320 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	98.75%	316	16,245
Noun (proper)	0.62%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	0.62%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	320	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "asserting": over-asserting, re-asserting, self-asserting, sky-asserting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "asserting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏بإدعاء. (various references)

Chinese		断言 (Allege, Alleging, ASSERT, Asserted, assertion, Assertive, Assertiveness, Predicated, Predicating). (various references)

French		affirmant. (various references)

German		behauptend (alleging, avering, averring, predicating). (various references)

Korean		주장 (insistence, insisting). (various references)

Pig Latin		assertingay

Portuguese		o comportamento de uma das partes pode impedi-la de invocar essa disposiçao (a party may be precluded by his conduct from asserting such a provision). (various references)

Russian		утверждать (affirm, allege, approve, assert, asserts, asseverate, aver, avouch, clench, clinch, confirm, contend that, endorsed by, insist, maintain, ratify). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "asserting": overasserting, reasserting. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Asserting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aspertini, assarting, azaserine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "asserting" (pronounced user"ting)
6	u s er" t i ng	reasserting.
5	-s er" t i ng	disconcerting, inserting.
4	-er" t i ng	alerting, averting, converting, diverting, exerting, flirting, hurting, perverting, reverting, skirting, spurting, squirting, subverting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: astringes, ganisters.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: angriest, artiness, assigner, astringe, eastings, ganister, gantries, gastrins, giantess, granites, ingrates, rangiest, reassign, retsinas, seatings, seringas, stainers, stearins, stingers, trigness.
	-2 letters: ageists, aigrets, anestri, antsier, argents, arsines, earings, easting, eatings, entasis, erasing, estrins, gainers, gaiters, garnets, gassier, gasters, gastrin, granite, gratine, gratins, ingates, ingesta, ingests, ingrate, ingress, inserts, instars, nastier, nasties, ratines.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: gannisters, signatures, stingarees, streakings, streamings.
	+2 letters: asterisking, astringents, designators, gangsterish, gangsterism, generalists, panegyrists, plasterings, reasserting, reassorting, registrants, ringmasters, scatterings, sergeanties, signatories, smatterings, starvelings, straightens, stranguries, supergiants, teargassing, trespassing, waitressing.
	+3 letters: advertisings, airtightness, asseverating, dissertating, everlastings, gangsterisms, garnishments, gastronomies, greasepaints, heartstrings, ignorantness, mastersinger, nitrogenases, overcastings, pasteurising, reassignment, regionalists, resignations, segregations, springwaters, straightness, transfigures, waterskiings.
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