Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reassert

/ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: re-assert
IPA: /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assert again.

Example Sentences

"Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda."
"They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assert English reassert From re- + assert.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/
British English: /ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/

Inflected Forms

reasserts (present, singular) reasserting (participle, present) reasserted (participle, past) reasserted (past)

Derived Forms

reassertion

Synonyms

confirm

Rhymes With

hurt shirt alert dirt insert skirt kurt dessert assert flirt bert burt

Questions

How do you pronounce reassert?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/.
What does reassert mean?: To assert again.
Where does reassert come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assert English reassert From re- + assert.

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