All 3 Uses
contradict
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- "No one is angry with you"—a low snarl from the riverside contradicted him, but he ignored it—"or even surprised, really.†
Book 3contradicted = disagreed
- "The wives never leave the tower," Jasper contradicted her in a flat voice.†
Book 3 *
- A contradiction.†
Book 3contradiction = something (typically a statement) that disagrees with itself; or (more rarely) the act of 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)