Both Uses
contradict
in
Airborn, by Oppel
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- She looked at me defiantly, challenging me to contradict her.†
Chpt 9. *contradict = disagree
- I'd wanted to do all the talking, so we didn't start contradicting each other, but I'd doubted she'd be able to stay quiet so long and let me hog all the story spinning.†
Chpt 16.contradicting = disagreeing
Definitions:
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(1)
(contradict) disagreein various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)