contradict
/ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
verb
To be contrary to (something).
Example Sentences
- "His testimony contradicts hers."
- "1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, London: Andrew Crooke, Chapter 42 “Of Power Ecclesiasticall,” p. 270, […] the Ministers of Christ in this world, have no Power by that title, to Punish any man for not Beleeving, or for Contradicting what they say;"
- "Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood."
- "I spent the whole long hike back to camp thinking about that amazing letter. It didn’t sound in the least like anything he had ever said in class. Oh, I don’t mean it contradicted anything he had told us in class; it was just entirely different in tone."
- "Everything he says contradicts me."
- "Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so."
Etymology
Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *deyḱ-, contrādictus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/
- British English: /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/