contradict
verb (used with object)
to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
am contradicting
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present progressiveof contradict (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You think that I am contradicting myself, but I am not.
From The Mahatma and the Hare by Haggard, Henry Rider
Besides that, I have made myself a promise not to alter a single word of what I write in this paper, even though I find that I am contradicting myself every five lines.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
I would have said, 'I beg your pardon, do not think I am contradicting you, but possibly on further reflection—' In brief, I would have gone through the whole conventional circumlocution.
From The Earth Trembled by Roe, Edward Payson
