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Behauptung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allegation noun A claim or accusation made without proof that it is true.
  • assertion noun A firm, confident statement, especially one made without offering proof.
  • claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
  • contention noun A claim or position put forward and argued for, especially in a debate.
  • statement noun Something said or written that expresses a fact, opinion, or position.

Senses

Behauptung is used for these senses in English:

  • allegation An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
  • assertion Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
  • claim A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
  • contention A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.

assertion — full definition

  1. noun A firm, confident statement, especially one made without offering proof.
  2. noun In computing, a statement in code that checks whether a condition is true at that point, used to catch bugs.

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