contradict+(verb)

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• contradict — ► VERB 1) deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite. 2) challenge (someone) by making a statement opposing one made by them. DERIVATIVES contradictor noun. ORIGIN Latin contradicere speak against …   English terms dictionary

• contradict — verb ADVERB ▪ blatantly (esp. AmE), clearly, completely, directly, flatly, totally (esp. AmE) ▪ John s account of the event directly contradicts Stephen s. VERB + CONTRADICT …   Collocations dictionary

• contradict — verb 1 (T) to disagree with something by saying that it is wrong or not true, especially by saying that the opposite is true: contradict sb: Don t contradict your father! | flatly contradict: The article flatly contradicts what the lobbyists have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• contradict — I verb ab re discrepare, abrogate, affirm the contrary, annul, answer back, argue, assert the contrary, assert the opposite, challenge, clash, come in conflict with, conflict, confute, contradicere, contrast, contravene, controvert, counter,… …   Law dictionary

• contradict — verb deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite. ↘assert the opposite of a statement made by (someone). Derivatives contradictor noun Origin C16: from L. contradict , contradicere speak against …   English new terms dictionary

• contradict — verb 1) he contradicted the government s account of the affair Syn: deny, rebut, dispute, challenge, counter, controvert; formal gainsay Ant: confirm, agree with 2) nobody dared to contradict him Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• contradict — verb 1) he contradicted the government s account Syn: deny, refute, rebut, dispute, challenge, counter 2) nobody dared contradict him Syn: argue with, go against, challenge, oppose …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• contradict — verb /kɒntɹəˈdɪkt/ a) To deny the truth of (a statement or statements). [...] magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally… …   Wiktionary

• contradict — [[t]kɒ̱ntrədɪ̱kt[/t]] contradicts, contradicting, contradicted 1) VERB If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different. [V n] She dared not contradict him... [V… …   English dictionary

• contradict */ — UK [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt] / US [ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt] verb [transitive] Word forms contradict : present tense I/you/we/they contradict he/she/it contradicts present participle contradicting past tense contradicted past participle contradicted 1) to say that the… …   English dictionary

• contradict — transitive verb Etymology: Latin contradictus, past participle of contradicere, from contra + dicere to say, speak more at diction Date: 1582 1. to assert the contrary of ; take issue with < contradict a rumor > 2. to imply the …   New Collegiate Dictionary