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Definition: CONTRADICTING |
CONTRADICTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Contradict |
Date "CONTRADICTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: CONTRADICTING |
| English words defined with "CONTRADICTING": Contradictable, contradiction ♦ Self-contradiction ♦ wholesomely. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CONTRADICTING": KITTLE PITCHERING. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And when didn't you start contradicting them? (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | During judicial proceedings against Bosnian Serbs identified by the police as having engaged in violent criminal acts during the riots, eight RS police officers gave false statements to a Banja Luka Court Investigative Judge, contradicting their official duty reports. (references) |
Human Rights | Turkey | In July a mainstream newspaper, Radikal, published alleged secret government autopsy reports and asserted that: Prisoners were responsible for the death of only one of the two Jandarma who died during the December Government intervention in the hunger strike; that Jandarma or prison guards used tear gas at inappropriately close quarters; that prisoners were shot at great distances, contradicting the idea that some had killed each other; and that some prisoners may have been tortured before they died. (references) |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | According to a lawyer who represented the Sahrawis, during the trial the three defendants denied any relations with the Polisario Front, contradicting government allegations that the three confessed during their post-arrest detention. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CONTRADICTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "CONTRADICTING" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.12% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.41% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.47% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 68 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CONTRADICTING": self-contradicting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CONTRADICTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 抗辩 (Contradict, Contradicted). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | contredisant, démentant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | widersprechend (conflicting, contradictory, dissenting, inconsistent, vetoing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | "פרכ" (denial, disproof, rebuttal, refutation). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 모순됨. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontradictingcay icheadh (deny, denying, renouncing). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 13, Verse 45 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | IdonteV de oi ioudaioi touV oclouV eplhsqhsan zhlou kai antelegon toiV upo tou paulou legomenoiV antilegonteV kai blasfhmounteV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Videntes autem turbas Iudaei repleti sunt zelo et contradicebant his quae a Paulo dicebantur blasphemantes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Jewis sien the puple, and weren fillid with enuye, and ayenseiden these thingis that weren seyd of Poul, and blasfemyden. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When ye Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst those thinges which were spoken of Paul spekinge agaynst it and raylinge on it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were uttered by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 13, Verse 45 |
| Albanian | Por Judenjtë, duke parë turmën, u mbushën me smirë dhe u kundërviheshin thënieve të Palit, duke kundërshtuar dhe duke blasfemuar. |
| Cebuano | Apan sa pagkakita sa mga Judio sa panon sa katawhan, sila napuno sa kasina, ug ilang gisupak ang mga gipanulti ni Pablo, ug ilang gipasipalahan siya. |
| Chinese | 但 猶 太 人 看 見 人 這 樣 多 、 就 滿 心 嫉 ' 、 硬 駁 保 羅 所 說 的 話 、 並 " 毀 謗 。 |
| Croatian | Kad su Židovi ugledali mnoštvo, puni zavisti psujuæi suprotstavljali su se onomu što je Pavao govorio. |
| Danish | Men da Jøderne så Skarerne, bleve de fulde af Nidkærhed og modsagde det, som blev talt af Paulus, ja, både sagde imod og spottede. |
| Dutch | Doch de Joden, de scharen ziende, werden met nijdigheid vervuld, en wederspraken, hetgeen van Paulus gezegd werd, wedersprekende en lasterende. |
| Finnish | Mutta nähdessään kansanjoukot juutalaiset tulivat kiihkoa täyteen ja väittelivät Paavalin puheita vastaan ja herjasivat. |
| French | Les Juifs, voyant la foule, furent remplis de jalousie, et ils s`opposaient ce que disait Paul, en le contredisant et en l`injuriant. |
| German | Da aber die Juden das Volk sahen, wurden sie voll Neides und widersprachen dem, was von Paulus gesagt ward, widersprachen und lästerten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika orang-orang Yahudi melihat orang banyak itu, mereka iri hati sekali. Mereka menghina Paulus dan menentang semua yang dikatakannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi apabila dilihat oleh orang Yahudi akan orang banyak itu, maka sangatlah dengki mereka itu serta membantahi perkataan Paulus itu sambil menghujat. |
| Italian | Quando videro quella moltitudine, i Giudei furono pieni di gelosia e contraddicevano le affermazioni di Paolo, bestemmiando. |
| Latvian | Bet jûdi, redzçdami daudz ïauþu, iedegâs naidâ un zaimodami runâja pretim tam, ko Pâvils sacîja. |
| Maori | No te kitenga ia o nga Hurai i te huihui, ka ki ratou i te hae, ka whakakahore ki nga mea i korerotia e Paora, ka whakateka, ka kohukohu. |
| Norwegian | Men da jødene så folkehopen, blev de fulle av nidkjærhet og motsa det som blev sagt av Paulus, ja motsa og spottet. |
| Portuguese | Mas os judeus, vendo as multidões, encheram-se de inveja e, blasfemando, contradiziam o que Paulo falava. |
| Rumanian | Iudeii, cknd au vqzut noroadele, s`au umplut de pizmq, vorbeau kmpotriva celor spuse de Pavel, wi -l batjocoreau. |
| Shuar | Tura Israer-shuarka ti Untsurí aentsun tuakarun Wáinkiar, suir iiniak, ti kajerkarmiayi. Tuma asamtai Páprun katsekkar "Ju chichaana juka ántar tawai" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y cuando los judíos vieron las multitudes, se llenaron de celos, y blasfemando contradecían lo que Pablo decía. |
| Swahili | Lakini Wayahudi walipoliona hilo kundi la watu walijaa wivu, wakapinga alichokuwa anasema Paulo na kumtukana. |
| Swedish | Då nu judarna sågo det myckna folket, uppfylldes de av nitälskan och foro ut i smädelser och motsade det som Paulus talade. |
| Uma | Tapi' karahilo-na to Yahudi kawori' tauna to morumpu, mohingi' -ramo. Toe pai' raruge' -i Paulus pai' rabaro hawe'ea to na'uli'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"CONTRADICTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centradicting, contradictin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CONTRADICTING" (pronounced kÄ'ntrudi"kting) |
| 8 | -r u d i" k t i ng | predicting. |
| 7 | -u d i" k t i ng | addicting. |
| 6 | -d i" k t i ng | interdicting. |
| 5 | -i" k t i ng | afflicting, conflicting, constricting, convicting, depicting, evicting, inflicting, restricting. |
| 4 | -k t i ng | abducting, acting, affecting, attracting, collecting, concocting, conducting, connecting, constructing, contacting, contracting, correcting, counteracting, deducting, defecting, deflecting, destructing, detecting, detracting, directing, disconnecting, disrespecting, dissecting, distracting, districting, effecting, electing, enacting, erecting, exacting, expecting, extracting, impacting, infecting, injecting, inspecting, instructing, interacting, intersecting, neglecting, objecting, obstructing, overreacting, perfecting, projecting, prospecting, protecting, reacting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstructing, redacting, redirecting, redistricting, reelecting, reflecting, rejecting, respecting, resurrecting, retracting, selecting, subcontracting, subjecting, subtracting, superconducting, suspecting, unsuspecting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: contracting. | |
-3 letters: antidoting, contacting, contradict, incogitant. | |
-4 letters: according, arointing, attorning, carcinoid, cartoning, cornicing, dictating, dictation, granitoid, incognita, indicator, inorganic, intorting, intrigant, nictating, nitrating, nitration, nonacidic, ordaining, rationing, tradition. | |
-5 letters: acidotic, aconitic, actinoid, adorning, antiriot, attiring, cancroid, carditic, cationic, citation, coacting, conidian, contract, cratonic, diatonic, dicrotic, dictator, dittoing, donating, draconic, draining, dratting, granitic, ignitron, ignorant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+3 letters: contraindicating. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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