English-French translations for assert

affirmer
Nous devons nous affirmer et faire entendre nos voix. We have to assert ourselves and have our voices heard. Je la pose donc à nouveau: sur quoi vous basez-vous pour affirmer cela? I therefore ask it again: on what do you base this assertion?
asseoir
Qui plus est, ce fournisseur exploite de plus en plus l'énergie comme un moyen d'asseoir ses propres intérêts politiques. Moreover, this supplier is one that is increasingly exploiting energy as a means of asserting its own political interests. Mais si le Conseil veut recourir à la subsidiarité pour y asseoir un droit à rien du tout, nous sommes bien entendu contraints de la refuser. But if the Council is to use subsidiarity as the basis on which it asserts its right to do nothing, then, of course, we have to repudiate it.

assérer
asserter
faire valoirDeuxièmement, les victimes devraient pouvoir accéder aux recours collectifs pour faire valoir leurs intérêts. Secondly, victims should have access to class actions in order to assert their rights. A lʼheure actuelle, le consommateur ne peut faire valoir ses droits que rétrospectivement via les règles de responsabilité. Today, consumers can only assert their rights after the event, through the rules on liability. En tant que socialesdémocrates, nous voulons une directive forte, qui aide les femmes à faire valoir leurs droits. We Social Democrats want to see a clear directive that assists women in asserting their rights.

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code
an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true

He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
to assert ones authority
Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
to assert our rights and liberties

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