Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with assertion in American Collocation
assertion
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/əˈsɜrʃ(ə)n/
strongly stated
bald
bold
confident
dogmatic
repeated
sweeping
This is just one of a number of sweeping assertions with which I do not agree.
untrue or not proved
bare
false
mere
unfounded
unsubstantiated
unsupported
His attempt to claim that only his own work is correct is something which requires more than mere assertion.
make an assertion
make
repeat
Before we proceed, we have to make an assertion that affects the forthcoming elaboration.
support or prove an assertion
justify
prove
support
There is no shortage of statistics to support this assertion.
challenge an assertion or prove it wrong
challenge
contradict
dispute
refute
reject
’ If Shakespeare were alive today, he’d be writing for Hollywood’. Justify or refute this assertion.