| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·tra·dict |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n tr -d kt |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: con·tra·dict·ed, con·tra·dict·ing, con·tra·dicts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To assert or express the opposite of (a statement). 2. To deny the statement of. See synonyms at deny. 3. To be contrary to; be inconsistent with. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To utter a contradictory statement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin contr d cere, contrdict-, to speak against : contr-, contra- + dcere, to speak; see deik- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | contra·dicta·ble —ADJECTIVE
contra·dicter, contra·dictor —NOUN
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