REFUTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does refute mean?
• REFUTE (verb)
The verb REFUTE has 2 senses:
1. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
2. prove to be false or incorrect
Familiarity information: REFUTE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REFUTE (verb)
Meaning:
Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
rebut; refute
Context example:
The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
Hypernyms (to "refute" is one way to...):
renounce; repudiate (cast off or disown)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refute"):
contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)
answer (give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument))
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Prove to be false or incorrect
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
controvert; rebut; refute
Hypernyms (to "refute" is one way to...):
confute; disprove (prove to be false)
Sentence frames:
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