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contradict

Word family (noun) contradiction (adjective) contradictory (verb) contradict
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcontradictcon‧tra‧dict /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる AWL verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]DISAGREE to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true Deborah opened her mouth to contradict, but closed it again. Dad just can’t bear to be contradicted. The article flatly contradicts their claims.2 [transitive]DIFFERENT if one statement, story etc contradicts another, the facts in it are different so that both statements cannot be true The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.3 → contradict yourself → See Verb table Examples from the Corpuscontradict• Implied terms can thus supplement express rules, or introduce new rules, but can not directly contradict an existing rule.• The two newspaper reports totally contradict each other.• Recent experiments seem to contradict earlier results.• What he must do is to formulate an assertion which contradicts our own, and give us his instruction for testing it.• Also, much of the advice found in one book directly contradicts that found in another.• This would contradict the open-ended accessibility that is the hallmark of unit trusts.• Something was wrong; what I read contradicted the sight of these travelers.• It would hearten the many feminists who crowded the church that night without contradicting the teachings of the magisterium.• Smith gave an account that contradicted the woman's tearful testimony last week.• To create a more original effect well-known phrases and sayings can be contrasted with others which contradict them.• There is no evidence or testimony contradicting those statements.flatly contradicts• This information flatly contradicts North's statements.• Since the trauma of 1929, few people contest this need, although it flatly contradicts the tradition of economic liberalism.contradict each other• After all, the two clauses appear to contradict each other.• Villagers' stories contradict each other.Origin contradict (1500-1600) Latin past participle of contradicere, from contra- ( → CONTRA-) + dicere "to say"
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Verb table
contradict
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they contradict
he, she, it contradicts
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they contradicted
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have contradicted
he, she, it has contradicted
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had contradicted
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will contradict
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have contradicted
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Continuous Form
Present
I am contradicting
he, she, it is contradicting
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you, we, they are contradicting
Past
I, he, she, it was contradicting
you, we, they were contradicting
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been contradicting
he, she, it has been contradicting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been contradicting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be contradicting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been contradicting
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