What part of speech is asserting?

Asserting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. asserting is a verb, gerund of assert (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does asserting mean?

Definitions

Adjective

asserting - relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

Verb

assert - state categorically
assert - insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
assert - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
assert - assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

Examples of asserting

#   Sentence  
1. verb Tom was asserting, judging by the verb in front of him, that the sentence was past tense, while Mary, seeing the gerundive under her eyes, was swearing it was a present.
2. verb She persisted in asserting that she had not taken the brooch.
3. verb Women should assert themselves more!
4. verb Country has an Independent strategy = NASA & company to use "Numero Uno" strategy, try to assert, beat, mesh and control the space program of the country.
5. verb You'd better try to assert yourself more.
6. verb I am going to assert his guilt.
7. verb Justice will assert itself.
8. verb Biologists assert the losses are severe.
9. verb He knows how to assert himself.
10. verb Tabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow.
11. verb When an answer is not forthcoming, questioners assert their rights to an answer by repeating the question.
12. verb Gauge queens constantly up the ante in order to assert their commitment to a counter cultural look.
13. verb You may wear what clothes you please, or no clothes at all, in your own house, but if a man were to assert his right to walk down Regent street clad solely in his shirt the public would have a right to object.
14. verb Tom knows how to assert himself.
15. verb Europe can only assert itself with the very high quality wines which it has.
Sentence  
verb
Tom was asserting, judging by the verb in front of him, that the sentence was past tense, while Mary, seeing the gerundive under her eyes, was swearing it was a present.
She persisted in asserting that she had not taken the brooch.
Women should assert themselves more!
Country has an Independent strategy = NASA & company to use "Numero Uno" strategy, try to assert, beat, mesh and control the space program of the country.
You'd better try to assert yourself more.
I am going to assert his guilt.
Justice will assert itself.
Biologists assert the losses are severe.
He knows how to assert himself.
Tabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow.
When an answer is not forthcoming, questioners assert their rights to an answer by repeating the question.
Gauge queens constantly up the ante in order to assert their commitment to a counter cultural look.
You may wear what clothes you please, or no clothes at all, in your own house, but if a man were to assert his right to walk down Regent street clad solely in his shirt the public would have a right to object.
Tom knows how to assert himself.
Europe can only assert itself with the very high quality wines which it has.

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