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to refute a claim

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  • claim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 statement saying that sth is true ADJECTIVE ▪ dubious, false, unfounded, unsubstantiated ▪ conflicting ▪ There are conflicting claims about the cause of the fire …   Collocations dictionary

  • refute, deny — Like repudiate, refute is a stronger, more powerful word than deny. To deny is to claim that an opinion, statement, allegation, or charge is simply not true. To refute is to prove that whatever is stated or believed is false, erroneous, and… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • refute — re|fute [rıˈfju:t] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: refutare, from futare to hit ] 1.) to prove that a statement or idea is not correct = ↑rebut refute a hypothesis/a claim/an idea etc ▪ an attempt to refute Darwin s theories 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • refute — UK [rɪˈfjuːt] / US [rɪˈfjut] verb [transitive] Word forms refute : present tense I/you/we/they refute he/she/it refutes present participle refuting past tense refuted past participle refuted formal 1) to say that a statement is not true or… …   English dictionary

  • refute — verb Refute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accusation, ↑allegation, ↑argument, ↑assertion, ↑charge, ↑claim, ↑interpretation, ↑sceptic, ↑theory, ↑view …   Collocations dictionary

  • refute — re|fute [ rı fjut ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to say that a statement is not true or accurate without giving proof: DISPUTE, DENY: The police said he was drunk, a claim refuted by his attorney. 2. ) to prove that a statement is false: DISPROVE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • counter an accusation — refute a claim, dispute an accusation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Vijnanakaya — or Vijnanakaya sastra is one of the seven Sarvastivada Abhidharma Buddhist scriptures. Vijnanakaya means group of consciousness . It was composed by Devasarman (according to both Sanskrit and Chinese sources), with the Chinese translated by… …   Wikipedia

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