Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contravenes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-venes
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does contravenes mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of contravene

How to pronounce contravenes

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