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countable and uncountable, plural assertions
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment. examples
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted. quotations examples
Suppose you are given the semifactual assertion, "even if Nora had liked mathematics then she would have became[sic] a scientist" and then you find out that Nora did in fact become a scientist.
2007 January 26, Ruth M. J. Byrne, The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality, MIT Press, page 140
A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence. quotations examples
Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL.
2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6
Maintenance; vindication examples
(programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging. quotations examples
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.
2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions, page 284