Definition: 1. Means to state the opposite of what someone else has. 2. Deny the truth of (a statement), especially by asserting the opposite. 3. To be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong.
Use 'contradict' in a sentence:
1. The findings contradict common belief that adding extra pounds during pregnancy leads to long-term weight gain.
2. That doesn't mean she needs to contradict her own personality by, in turn, copying me.
3. New studies and claims about vitamins are published daily, and many seem to contradict each other.
4. They also contradict the stereotype of developing-world labourers as low-wage economic victims.
5. Their stories will also likely fail to have internal synchrony as they contradict previous statements and they may miss out key details you find from other sources.
6. Do not contradict yourself.
7. The findings contradict the long established belief that the amount of sleep we need falls as we approach middle and old age.
8. The shy girl was afraid to contradict.
9. The argument might seem to contradict the view that sex selection rises as people get richer.
10. Young children should never contradict what their parents say.
11. 'Don't contradict your mother,' was Charles's sharp reprimand.
12. Purposefully seeking out new sources of information, especially those that contradict our view of the world.
13. Systematic design methods and the creative performance of new product teams: Do they contradict or complement each other?
14. However, a healthy body of evidence would appear to contradict my assertion.
15. Ken was always fighting with his little sister because she kept contradicting him.
16. The two stories contradict each other.
17. All evening her husband contradicted everything she said.
18. The signs contradict each other, which way should we go?
