assert – English Grammar Profiler

The verb ‘assert’ is C1 in the English Vocabulary Profile:

 [T] FORMAL to say that something is certainly true

‘assert yourself’ is C2:

to behave or speak in a strong, confident way

For example:

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‘assert your authority/control/independence, etc.’ is also C2:

to do something to show other people that you have power

For example:

We need to assert our authority, increase security in Moscow.

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1 ASSERT THEIR 3134 2 ASSERT HIS 1364 3 ASSERT ITS 1151 4 ASSERTING THEIR 1020 5 ASSERT YOUR 1002 6 ASSERTED HIS 670 7 ASSERTING HIS 659 8 ASSERTED THEIR 613 9 ASSERT OUR 484

10 ASSERTS HIS 460

1 ASSERT THEMSELVES 1288 2 ASSERT ITSELF 969 3 ASSERT HIMSELF 689 4 ASSERT YOURSELF 684 5 ASSERTS ITSELF 625 6 ASSERTED ITSELF 455 7 ASSERTING ITSELF 366 8 ASSERTING THEMSELVES 321 9 ASSERTED HIMSELF 274

10 ASSERTED THEMSELVES 265

1 RIGHTS 992 2 DOMINANCE 454 3 RIGHT 433 4 AUTHORITY 334 5 IDENTITY 207 6 OWN 197 7 POWER 191 8 INDEPENDENCE 190 9 WOMEN 132

3 STRUGGLED 63 4 ABLE 51 5 TRYING 41 6 STARTED 41 7 BEGINNING 34 8 LEADERS 31 9 BEGIN 25