Front | contradict |
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Back | BrE /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/NAmE /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkt/ verb 1 to say that sth that sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true~ sthAll evening her husband contradicted everything she said.~ sb/yourself You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before).~ (sb) + speech ‘No, it's not,’ she contradicted (him). 2 ~ sth| ~ each other (of statements or pieces of evidence) to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrongThe two stories contradict each other. This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports. |
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