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# contradict

verb (contradict, contradicts, contradicted, contradicting)

«contradict» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To contradict someone means to say the opposite of what they have said, showing you think they are wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#m1)
2. If two facts or statements contradict each other, they cannot both be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#m2)
3. To contradict yourself means to say two things that do not fit together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths and science, a result that contradicts your prediction shows the prediction was wrong; in logic, two statements that contradict cannot both be true. In detective stories, a witness whose stories contradict each other may be lying. In manners lessons, contradicting adults rudely is discouraged, but polite disagreement is fine. Phrases: «contradict each other», «contradict yourself», «don't contradict me».

### Examples

- The two witnesses contradicted each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x1)
- "Don't contradict your grandfather," said Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x2)
- The results of our test contradicted our prediction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x3)
- You just contradicted yourself: first you said yes, then no. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x4)
- The new evidence contradicts his story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x5)
- It's fine to contradict someone politely if you have facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x6)
- "All odd numbers end in 1" is contradicted by the number 3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x7)
- "Will you dare to contradict me?" said the step-mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: contradicted, contradicting. Noun: contradiction; adjective: contradictory. Prefix «contra-» means against, «dict» means say. In maths, one counter-example is enough to contradict a rule that says "all".

## In Jewish tradition

In maths and science, a result that contradicts your prediction shows the prediction was wrong; in logic, two statements that contradict cannot both be true. In detective stories, a witness whose stories contradict each other may be lying. In manners lessons, contradicting adults rudely is discouraged, but polite disagreement is fine. Phrases: «contradict each other», «contradict yourself», «don't contradict me».

### Note

Regular verb: contradicted, contradicting. Noun: contradiction; adjective: contradictory. Prefix «contra-» means against, «dict» means say. In maths, one counter-example is enough to contradict a rule that says "all".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «contradict» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «contradict» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contradict/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contradict» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/contradict.html) on Mova free.