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contradiction

/kɒntrəˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/kɒntrəˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
kɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

kɒntrə - ˈdɪkʃən -> contradiction

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဝိရောဓိ။

Full entry

contradict /kɒntrǝ'dÇkt/ v

၁။ ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်ပြောသည်။
Don't you dare contradict me! ❍ Why do you always contradict everything I say? ❍ The speaker had got confused, and started contradicting himself.
၂။ မညီညွတ်။ ကွဲလွဲ ဆန့်ကျင်သည်။
The two statements contradict each other. ❍ The report contradicts what we heard yesterday.
❏ contradiction /kɒntrǝ'dÇkʃn/ n
၁။ (က) [U] ဆန့်ကျင် ပြောဆိုခြင်း။ အတိုက်အခံလုပ်ခြင်း။
She will permit no contradiction. ❍ I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that…
(ခ) [C] ရှေ့နောက်စကားမညီခြင်း။ အမြီးအမောက် မတည့်ခြင်း။ That's a flat contradiction of what you said before.
၂။ ~ (between sth and sth) (က) [U] ကွဲလွဲခြားနားခြင်း။ ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ဝိရောဓိဖြစ် ခြင်း။
I find no contradiction between his publicly expressed opinions and his private actions. ❍ His evidence is in direct contradiction to (ie directly contrary to) that of the other witnesses. (ခ) [C] ဝိရောဓိ။ It's a contradiction to say you love animals and yet wear furs.
❏ a contradiction in terms [IDM ] ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက် စကားလုံး နှစ်လုံးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းထားသည့် ဝေါဟာရ။
‘A generous miser’ is a contradiction in terms.
❏ contradictory /kɒntrǝ'dÇktǝri/ adj ရှေ့နောက် မညီသော။ ဆန့်ကျင်သော။
contradictory statements/reports/evidence.

More examples
  • He didn’t dare contradict his parents.
  • Her account of the accident contradicts that of the other driver.
Synonyms
disagree with, say the opposite to, gainsay, oppose, deny, challenge, belie, buck, call in question, cancel, cancel out, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, impugn, negate, negative, refuse to accept, refute, repudiate, reverse, take on, thumbs down, traverse, undermine
Antonyms
OK, accept, admit, agree, aid, allow, approve, assist, concede, confirm, consent, corroborate, go along, help, permit, prove, reconcile, sign, support, verify, vouch
Cross references
disagree withsay the opposite togainsayopposedenychallengebeliebuckcall in questioncancelcancel outconfrontcontravenecontrovertcountercounteractcrossdaredifferdisaffirmdisclaimdisprovedisputefly in the face ofhave bone to pickimpugnnegatenegative
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