Contra = Latin for 'against'
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Dicere = Latin for 'to speak'
The word itself means "speak against" or "assert the contrary".
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I could not contradict her arguments.
Don't contradict me, I am always right.
Jack is now trying to contradict his own views on the subject.Do not contradict yourself on this issue now.
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She grew increasingly annoyed as he began to contradict himself. She thought before she spoke, careful not to contradict her previous statements.
it means "to speak" or "say"also anything to do "virbably"
The word contradict is a verb. The past tense is contradicts.
to say.
to say.
1.I had no evidence to contradict the theory.2.I didn't have any evidence that i could use to contradict the theory.
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