English-Dutch translations for contradict

• tegenspreken
  Toch moet ik hem tegenspreken. Nonetheless, I must contradict him.
  Op dat punt kan ik u niet tegenspreken. On that point, I cannot contradict you.
  Ik moet u op dat punt beslist tegenspreken. Here I must emphatically contradict you.
• weerleggen
  Ik hoop dat de Griekse premier mijn woorden zo dadelijk zal weerleggen. I hope that the Prime Minister will contradict me later on.
  Ik daag iedereen uit mijn inschatting op dat punt te weerleggen. I challenge anyone to contradict my assessment on this point.
  Dat weten we uit ervaring, en dat kan eigenlijk niemand weerleggen. That is something we know from experience, and I hardly think that anyone here could contradict the fact.

Definition of contradict

• To deny the truth of (a statement or statements
• To deny the truth of the statement made by (a person
• To be contrary to (something
• To give an order contrary to , oppose (something
• To give an order contrary to one given by , oppose or resist (someone
• To speak against; to forbid

Examples

• His testimony contradicts hers.
• Everything he says contradicts me.

Related words

• contradictory
• contradiction
• self-contradictory
• contradictoriness
• contradictorily
• autocontradictory
• contradiction in terms
• contradictory (to the original) newer statement
• proof by contradiction