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  • 1make an assertion — index affirm (claim), allege, argue, avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce) …

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  • 2assertion — n. 1) to make an assertion 2) to deny; refute an assertion 3) a bold; sweeping; unfounded assertion 4) an assertion that + clause (we do not believe his assertion that he is innocent) * * * [ə sɜːʃ(ə)n] refute an assertion sweeping unfounded… …

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  • 3Assertion (computing) — In computer programming, an assertion is a predicate (i.e., a true–false statement) placed in a program to indicate that the developer thinks that the predicate is always true at that place. For example, the following code contains two assertions …

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  • 4assertion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bold, confident, strong ▪ dogmatic, general, sweeping ▪ sweeping assertions about the role of women in society ▪ …

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  • 5make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …

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  • 6Security Assertion Markup Language — (SAML) is an XML based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains, that is, between an identity provider (a producer of assertions) and a service provider (a consumer of assertions). SAML is a product… …

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  • 7To make account — Account Ac*count , n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 8To make account of — Account Ac*count , n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 9claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… …

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  • 10Affirmation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Affirmation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 affirmance affirmance affirmation Sgm: N 1 statement statement allegation assertion predication declaration word averment Sgm: N 1 confirmation confirmation …

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