accept an assertion

Frequency: 6.810.2 per million words

To agree that a statement is true or valid.

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Examples (10)

  • The committee was reluctant to accept his bold assertion without proof.
  • If you accept the initial assertion, the rest of the argument logically follows.
  • Initially, I refused to accept her assertion, but the evidence she presented was compelling.
  • We cannot simply accept the assertion that the new policy will solve everything.
  • Accepting such a sweeping assertion without questioning it is unwise.
  • Why should the public accept an unsubstantiated assertion from the company?
  • The scientific community will not accept this controversial assertion until it is peer-reviewed.
  • The judge cautioned the jury not to accept every assertion made during the trial.
  • Historians are now beginning to accept the assertion that the event was more significant than previously thought.
  • It is difficult to accept the general assertion that technology is always beneficial.