"assert" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

assert verbo

assert + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 26
assert control • assert one's right • assert one's authority • assert one's Sovereignty • assert one's independence • assert one's claim • ...
verbo + assert
Kolokacji: 4
begin to assert • try to assert • continue to assert • begin asserting
assert + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
assert in • assert with • assert to • assert over • assert on • ...
assert + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 42
repeatedly asserted • further assert • later assert • confidently assert • publicly assert • ...
(3) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(4) quickly, gradually
Kolokacji: 2
1. quickly assert = szybko twierdź quickly assert
2. gradually assert = stopniowo twierdź gradually assert
  • In the mid-20th century, dance gradually asserted itself as an art form that could stand on its own two terpsichorean feet.
  • The royal power, however, gradually asserted itself, and it became the rule that permission to levy local taxes should be obtained from the king.
  • Howard initially deferred to Lovecraft but gradually asserted his own views, even coming to deride Lovecraft's opinions (such as his support for fascism).
  • Autodirection thus conferred a behavioral superiority and gradually asserted itself as the norm, while teledirection declined and survived only in a few isolated areas.
  • During her acceptance speech, she gradually asserts her normal, clear gelatinous shape, while making a call for acceptance regardless of appreance or form.
  • He gradually asserted his control over the province and extended his control south into the remaining Champa lands.
  • Detroit, which finished first over all in the 30-team league, gradually asserted its dominance over a Carolina team that had the 16th-best record.
  • The inclusion of new plant introductions in botanic gardens meant their scientific role was now widening, as botany gradually asserted its independence from medicine.
  • As he gradually asserted his leadership, however, the tribal chiefs began to coalesce around him.
  • The immediate effects were not realised, but the Dark One gradually asserted power over humanity, swaying many to become his followers.
(6) correctly, wrongly, rightly
Kolokacji: 3
(7) quietly, loudly
Kolokacji: 2

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