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
Not because it is more credible, but because the man who could have contradicted it is dead.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
Baldoni and his team claimed that the article purposefully omitted text messages and additional information that would have contradicted Lively's statements.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
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
But for this, 1818 and 1845 would not have been the only instances of our day in which the English precept would have contradicted the Calendar.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
