refute
verb (used with object)
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
will refute
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future tenseof refute.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research, also expects that the April retail sales data will refute the ongoing “chorus of predictions of an imminent consumer retrenchment.”
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Townshend acknowledges this, predicting during our conversation, “Roger will refute everything I say.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
"We will refute the FTC’s claims in court," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2024
The Philippines will "refute the prosecutor's arguments in our reply," Guevarra said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2023
SOCRATES: Not so, my simple friend, but because you will refute me after the manner which rhetoricians practise in courts of law.
From Gorgias by Benjamin Jowett
