Vocabulary
Assert
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.
Urdu meaning
حق جتانا، دعویٰ، وثوق سے کہنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The World Bank, IMF, tax consultants and commentators frequently assert that the country suffers from a `tax gap` of seven to nine per cent of GDP a shortfall between what is collected and what the law, ideally enforced, would yield.
Dawn Editorials —
Narrative of large tax gap
— 2026-04-11
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It`s difficult to find a bigot who doesn`t take recourse to violence or abuse to assert their point.
Dawn Editorials —
Choking on their own venom
— 2026-04-07
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IVILIAN leaders go to great lengths to assert that parliament is `supreme`; and even enact legislation every now and then to privilege this branch of the state above the others.
Dawn Editorials —
Poor commitment
— 2026-02-10
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The `Trump corollary` or `Donroe doctrine` is designed to assert a proprietary claim and exclude China (whose trade and investment influence has been growing in Latin America) and other `non-Hemispheric` powers.
Dawn Editorials —
`Donroe doctrine` in action
— 2026-01-12
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No sooner had images of a handcuffed Maduro appeared on TV screens than the Trump administration officials began to assert that they would take over Greenland next.
Dawn Editorials —
Pound of flesh
— 2026-01-10
Synonyms
declare,contend, maintain, argue, claim, state, propound,posit, submit, postulate
Antonyms
minimize, understate
Curator example
“the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development”
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