assertion

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: en or /əˈsɜːʃən/
• (GA) IPA: en or /əˈsɜɹʃən/ or [əˈsɝʃn̩]

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Noun

Singular assertion

Plural assertions

1. The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment. <> jawabi da ra'ayi.
2. Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

   You're a man of strong assertions!

3. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence. <> furuci ko magana ba tare da hujja ba.

   That's just a bare assertion.

4. Maintenance; vindication

   the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

5. (computer programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
   • 2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, ‎Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions (page 284)

     The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition.