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Definition: CONTRAVENED |
CONTRAVENEDImperative & past participle1. Of Contravene |
Date "CONTRAVENED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: CONTRAVENED |
| Etymologies containing "CONTRAVENED": Contravene. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Indigenous People | Mexico | Opponents claimed that the process by which the reform was amended contravened international norms and conventions--specifically ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, which requires public participation in the development of legislation that affects the lives of indigenous people. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CONTRAVENED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 56.52% of the time. "CONTRAVENED" is used about 69 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 (past tense) | 56.52% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 40.58% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 69 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CONTRAVENED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 违反 (Contravene, Contravening, infringement, transgression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | der må ikke forellige omgåelse af loven (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geen wetsontduiking heeft plaatsgevonden (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | absence de fraude la loi (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verstieß. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλλειψη καταστρατηγήσεως του νόμου (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | assenza di frode alla legge (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontravenedcay inexistência de fraude lei (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) ausencia de fraude de la ley (the law must not have been contravened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CONTRAVENED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantravene, contravine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: contravene, covenanted, covenanter. | |
-2 letters: contender, convented, converted, entranced, overacted, renovated. | |
-3 letters: anecdote, cantered, cantoned, carotene, cartoned, caverned, cavorted, convened, convener, covenant, cravened, crenated, cretonne, decanter, decorate, endeavor, entrance, nonrated, ordnance, overneat, recanted, renovate, revenant, tendance, vectored. | |
-4 letters: acetone, averted, candent, canteen, catered, centare, centavo, centner, centred, cerated, connate, contend, convene, convent, convert, cordate, corneae. | |
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