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(riːəsɜːʳt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense reasserts, present participle reasserting, past tense, past participle reasserted
1. verb
If you reassert your control or authority, you make it clear that you are still in a position of power, or you strengthen the power that you had.
...the government's continuing effort to reassert its control in the region. [VERB noun]
The adults had reasserted their old authority. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If something such as an idea or habit reasserts itself, it becomes noticeable again.
His sense of humour was beginning to reassert itself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]

reassert in British English

(ˌriːəˈsɜːt)
verb (transitive)
to assert (rights, claims, etc) again
he reasserted his belief

Examples of 'reassert' in a sentence
reassert

Rebel fighters had earlier rejected a deal allowing the regime to reassert control over the area in return for lifting a punishing siege.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It might be time for a little hard power to reassert itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He knew that he needed to reassert his control of her.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
The military insists that it has gone a long way to reassert control over the area at considerable cost.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Either the senior pastor or the worship leader needs to be prepared to calmly reassert control before things get out of hand.
Christianity Today (2000)
In practice, it has permitted the realities of power to reassert themselves.
George Monbiot THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
Yet as banks reassert control, the pendulum is swinging hard in a conservative direction.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The moment the internet gives access to knowledge and opinion to billions previously denied it, governments seek to reassert control.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
As morning came it became clear that after Tuesday's chaotic scenes the regime was determined to reassert control.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The PM will try to reassert his power today when he asks MPs to curb their expenses.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
reassert

British English: reassert VERB
If you reassert your control or authority, you make it clear that you are still in a position of power, or you strengthen the power that you had.
...the government's continuing effort to reassert its control in the region.
  • American English: reassert
  • Brazilian Portuguese: reafirmar
  • Chinese: 重申地位、权力
  • European Spanish: reafirmar
  • French: réaffirmer
  • German: wieder geltend machen
  • Italian: riaffermare
  • Japanese: > 再主張する支配・権力を
  • Korean: >거듭 주장하다권리 등을
  • European Portuguese: reafirmar
  • Latin American Spanish: reafirmar
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