contradict
verb /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/
/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they contradict | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkt/ |
| he / she / it contradicts | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkts/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkts/ |
| past simple contradicted | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪd/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktɪd/ |
| past participle contradicted | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪd/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form contradicting | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪŋ/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktɪŋ/ |
- to say that something that somebody else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true
- contradict something All evening her husband contradicted everything she said.
- contradict somebody/yourself You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before).
- contradict (somebody) + speech ‘No, it’s not,’ she contradicted (him).
- contradict something | contradict each other (of statements or pieces of evidence) to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong
- The two stories contradict each other.
- This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports.
Language Bank evidenceevidenceGiving proof- There is clear evidence that TV advertising influences what children buy.
- It is clear from numerous studies that TV advertising influences what children buy.
- Recent research demonstrates that TV advertising influences children’s spending habits.
- Many parents think that TV advertising influences their children. This view is supported by the findings of a recent study, which show a clear link between television advertisements and children’s spending habits.
- The findings also reveal that most children are unaware of the persuasive purpose of advertising.
- There is little evidence that children understand the persuasive intent of advertising.
- The results contradict claims that advertising is unrelated to children’s spending habits.
- Manufacturers argue that it is difficult to prove that advertising alone influences what children buy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- blatantly
- clearly
- completely
- …
- appear to
- seem to
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.