verb
Meaning 1
To dispute, to argue about (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
controvert
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verb
Meaning 2
To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
prove to be false or incorrect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: refute, rebut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disprove, confute
verb
Meaning 5
be resistant to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The board opposed his motion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppose, contradict
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: refute, rebut
Narrower terms: veto, blackball, negative, protest, resist, dissent
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin contrōvertere, from Latin contrō- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: споря (sporja) — dispute or argue using reason
- Bulgarian: оспорвам (osporvam) — dispute or argue using reason
- Catalan: controvertir — dispute or argue using reason
- French: controverser — dispute or argue using reason
- Romanian: contrazice — dispute or argue using reason
- Romanian: tăgădui — dispute or argue using reason
- Romanian: nega — dispute or argue using reason
- Catalan: controvertir — be involved or engaged in controversy
- Russian: спорить (sporitʹ) — be involved or engaged in controversy