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contradict

 
 
/ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt/ verb

Translation

DIFFERENT [T] If two things that are said or written about something contradict each other, they are so different that they cannot both be true.
çelişmek, aykırı olmak, uyuşmamak, tezat yaratmak
His account of the accident contradicts the official government report.1166
DISAGREE [I, T] to say that what someone else has just said is wrong
karşı çıkmak, aksini iddia etmek
He said we were all happy at work, and nobody dared to contradict him.1166
(Definition of contradict verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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