Definizione monolingua

contradict

contradict (third-person singular simple present contradicts, present participle contradicting, simple past and past participle contradicted)

1. (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 203:

     [...] magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still [...].

2. To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).

   His testimony contradicts hers.

3. To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).

   Everything he says contradicts me.

Definizione dizionario contradict

	contradire
	deny the truth of (a statement or statements)
	deny the truth of statements made by (a person)

contraddire

	contrastare
	To declare someone's opinion untrue; to assert the opposite.

contestare

opporsi

smentire

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.

To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).

To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).