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CONTRAVENED

Definition: CONTRAVENED

CONTRAVENED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Contravene

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CONTRAVENED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)


Crosswords: CONTRAVENED

Etymologies containing "CONTRAVENED": Contravene. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: CONTRAVENED

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: CONTRAVENED

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)56.52%3955,036
Lexical Verb (past participle)40.58%2865,706
Adjective (general or positive)2.9%2245,945
                    Total100.00%69N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONTRAVENED

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

   

Portuguese

  

inexistência de fraude lei (the law must not have been contravened). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ausencia de fraude de la ley (the law must not have been contravened). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: CONTRAVENED

Misspellings

"CONTRAVENED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantravene, contravine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CONTRAVENED

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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