Assume and Assert

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Assume

Assume verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.

Usage example: everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

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Assert and assume are semantically related in take topic. In some cases you can use "Assert" instead a verb "Assume", when it comes to topics like postulate.

Nearby Words: assumption, assuming

Assert

Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.

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Assume and assert are semantically related in take topic. Sometimes you can use "Assume" instead a verb "Assert", if it concerns topics such as postulate.

Nearby Words: assertive, assertion, asserted, asserting

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Common collocations

power	assume power	assert power
work	assume work	assert work
role	assume role	assert role
position	assume position	assert position
Other words: control, sort, way, identity.

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