contradict
🇺🇸
/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkt/
🇬🇧
/ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/
verb
R
to say that what someone else said is not true
He always likes to contradict his friends during discussions.
R
to be so different that both cannot be true
The two witnesses contradict each other about what happened.
translation
to say that what someone else said is not true; to be so different that both cannot be true
Word Forms
3rd Present
contradicts
Past
contradicted
Perfect
contradicted
Progressive
contradicting