MEANING
To deny a claim or provide information incompatible with it.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- contradict an account
- contradict the evidence
On the page
The records contradict the official account.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- contradict
- Past tense
- contradicted
- Past participle
- contradicted
- Present participle
- contradicting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- contradict
- Present continuous
- am/is/are contradicting
- Present perfect
- have/has contradicted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been contradicting
- Past
- contradicted
- Past continuous
- was/were contradicting
- Past perfect
- had contradicted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been contradicting
- Future
- will contradict
- Future continuous
- will be contradicting
- Future perfect
- will have contradicted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been contradicting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: contradict; contradicts; contradicted; contradicted; contradicting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: contradicts.
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