afirmação — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affirmation noun A statement declaring that something is true; the act of confirming something firmly.
- 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.
- statement noun Something said or written that expresses a fact, opinion, or position.
Senses
afirmação is used for these senses in English:
- affirmation That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
- assertion Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- assertion (computer programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- 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.
affirmation — full definition
- noun A statement declaring that something is true; the act of confirming something firmly.
- noun A short positive statement repeated to build confidence or motivation.
assertion — full definition
- noun A firm, confident statement, especially one made without offering proof.
- noun In computing, a statement in code that checks whether a condition is true at that point, used to catch bugs.