contradict
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verb
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contradict /,kɔntrə'dikt/
Concise Dictionary- ngoại động từ
- mâu thuẫn với, trái với
- the statements of the witnessess contradict each other: lời khai của các nhân chứng mâu thuẫn nhau
- cãi lại, phủ nhận
- to contradict a statement: phủ nhận lời tuyên bố
- mâu thuẫn với, trái với
contradicts|contradicted|contradicting‚kɒntrə'dɪkt
verb
+be in contradiction with
+deny the truth of
+be resistant to
+prove negative; show to be false
Thesaurus Dictionaryverb
+be in contradiction with
+deny the truth of
+be resistant to
+prove negative; show to be false
v.
1 deny, gainsay, dispute, controvert, argue against; oppose:
He is very opinionated, and doesn't like to be contradicted.
2 contravene, belie, refute, disallow, forbid, disaffirm, counter, abrogate, nullify, annul, reverse, counteract:
The evidence yields nothing that contradicts my argument.
+ verb
1 to say that sth that sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true: [VN] All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. + You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before). [also V speech, VN speech]
2 [VN] (of statements or pieces of evidence) to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong: The two stories contradict each other. + This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports.
Collocation Dictionary1 to say that sth that sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true: [VN] All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. + You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before). [also V speech, VN speech]
2 [VN] (of statements or pieces of evidence) to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong: The two stories contradict each other. + This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports.
verb
ADV.
clearly, completely, directly, flatly
John's account of the event directly contradicts Stephen's.
VERB + CONTRADICT
appear to, seem to
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