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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
     contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
     Diction.]
     1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
        issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
        statement or a speaker; to impugn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
              And say it is not so.                 --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The future can not contradict the past.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A greater power than we can contradict
              Hath thwarted our intents.            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i.
     To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the
     contrary of, something.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           They . . . spake against those things which were spoken
           by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.  --Acts xiii.
                                                    45.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
     contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
     Diction.]
     1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
        issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
        statement or a speaker; to impugn.
  
              Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it
              is not so.                            --Shak.
  
              The future can not contradict the past.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
  
              No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
  
              A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted
              our intents.                          --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i.
     To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the
     contrary of, something.
  
           They . . . spake against those things which were spoken
           by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.  --Acts xiii.
                                                    45.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  contradict
       v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: belie, negate]
       2: deny the truth of [syn: negate, contravene]
       3: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose,
           controvert]
       4: prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate] [ant: confirm]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contradict
     Αγγλικά n.
     αντικρούω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contradict
     Englanti vb.
     1 väittää vastaan
     2 (yhteys oikeustiede k=en) kiistää
     3 peruuttaa, kieltää
     4 olla ristiriita

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contradict
     Engelska vb.
     motsäga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  ناقض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  contradict //kɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt// 
  1. опровергавам, отричам
  deny the truth of (a statement or statements)
  2. противореча
  deny the truth of statements made by (a person)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  popírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  odmlouvat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  odporovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  oponovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  být v rozporu

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  protiřečit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  protiřečit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  croes-ddweud 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  gwrth-ddweud 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  gwrthddadleuo 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  gwrthddywedyd 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  widersprechen, Einwände erheben, im Gegensatz stehen 
        "he/she contradicts"  - er/sie widerspricht
        "I/he/she contradicted"  - ich/er/sie widersprach
        "he/she has/had contradicted"  - er/sie hat/hatte widersprochen
        "Don't you dare to contradict me!"  - Wage nicht, mir zu widersprechen!
   see: contradicting, contradicted, contradict oneself
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  
  διαψεύδω, αντιφάσκω, αντιλέγω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  contradict //kɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt// 
  kiistää 2.
  deny the truth of (a statement or statements)
   3.
  deny the truth of statements made by (a person)

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  1. विरोध~करना
        "The medical reports contradict each other."
  2. विपरीत~होना
        "Her style of life contradicts her moral principles."
  3. प्रतिवाद~करना
        "Aren't you contradicting what you said before?"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  osporavati, proturječan, proturječiti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  contraddire

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  contradict /kɔntrədıkt/ 
  1. prieštarauti
  2. neigti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  contradict /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/ 
   1.  zaprzeczać
   2.  przeczyć

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  contradict /kɔntrədikt/
  contestar, contradizer

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  contradict /kɔntrədikt/
  contradecir

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  contradict //kɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt// 
  1. förneka
  deny the truth of (a statement or statements)
  2. motsäga, säga emot
  deny the truth of statements made by (a person)

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ 
  
  gomba

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  contradict /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/
  1. yalanlamak, tekzip etmek, aksini iddia etmek
  2. karşı olmak, tezat teşkil etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪkt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  155 Moby Thesaurus words for "contradict":
     abjure, abrogate, agree to disagree, annul, answer,
     answer conclusively, antagonize, argue down, assert the contrary,
     be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be contrary to, be inimical,
     be opposed to, beat against, belie, break, break off, brush aside,
     call into question, challenge, chuck, chuck out, clash, collide,
     conflict, conflict with, confound, confute, contemn, contest,
     contrapose, contrast with, contravene, controvert, counter,
     counteract, counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck,
     counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, crush,
     decline, defeat, demolish, deny, despise, differ, disaccord,
     disaffirm, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard,
     disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispose of, disprove,
     dispute, disregard, dissent, except, exclude, falsify, finish,
     floor, forbid, forswear, gainsay, garble, go against,
     go counter to, ignore, impugn, interfere with, jangle, jar,
     join issue upon, jostle, juxtapose in opposition, lock horns,
     meet head-on, militate against, mismatch, mismate, negate,
     negative, nonplus, not accept, not admit, nullify, object, offset,
     oppose, oppugn, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, pass by,
     pass up, play at cross-purposes, push aside, put to silence,
     rebuff, rebut, recant, reduce to silence, refuse, refuse to admit,
     refuse to consider, refute, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate,
     repulse, resist, retract, reverse, revoke, run against,
     run counter to, scout, set off, settle, shove away, shut up,
     silence, smash all opposition, spurn, squash, squelch, subvert,
     swim upstream, take back, take issue with, throw away, throw out,
     traverse, turn away, turn out, undermine, upset, vary, waive,
     work against
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 反驳,顶触,矛盾;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 反驳,与…抵触,与…矛盾
     vi. 反驳

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