refute
/ɹɪˈfjut/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus.""
- "A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable"."
Etymology
From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: refūtō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈfjut/
- British English: /ɹɪˈfjuːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
refutes (present, singular)
refuting (participle, present)
refuted (participle, past)
refuted (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
refuted (first person, past)
refutest (archaic, present)
refuted (past, second person)
refutedst (archaic, past)
refuteth (archaic, present)
refuted (past, singular)