English-Finnish translations for contradict

• kiistää
  Minun pitää silti kiistää hänen sanomansa. Nonetheless, I must contradict him.
  Näin pitääkin tehdä, eikä tarkoituksenani olekaan kiistää tätä. And so we should. I have no wish to contradict that.
  En voi kiistää sitä, mitä esittelijä on maininnut poliittisen tahdon puuttumisesta Flanderissa. I cannot contradict the rapporteur when she speaks of a lack of political will in Flanders.

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