contradict
verb (used with object)
to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
have contradicted
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present perfectof contradict.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But Larijani and top military commanders have contradicted him and continued launching strikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
However, other studies have contradicted this by revealing a significant difference in reflectance spectra between Ryugu samples and CI chondrites.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
Accounts given to journalists by local people have contradicted claims by US officials about the attack.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
I could report that he said this one thing about tax policy, but he might have contradicted it 10 minutes later in a different part of the conversation.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2021
It is not likely that Aristotle should have contradicted himself in so vital a matter, and in a manner which simply means that his system falls to the ground like a house of cards.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
