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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "demonstrate"
},
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "prove"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "accept"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "embrace"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "self-refute"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "refūtō",
"t": "refute, repudiate"
},
"expansion": "Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "refutes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "refuting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "refuted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "refuted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "refute",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "refute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧fute"
],
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{
"args": {
"old": "1",
"stem": "refut"
},
"name": "en-conj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refutability"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refutable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refutably"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refutal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refutation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refuted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "refuter"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.",
"text": "After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, \"I refute it thus.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
],
"id": "en-refute-en-verb-SXlJA9HH",
"links": [
[
"prove",
"prove"
],
[
"false",
"false"
],
[
"incorrect",
"incorrect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "debunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "disprove"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "rebut"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daḥaḍa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "دَحَضَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔadḥaḍa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "أَدْحَضَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fannada",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "فَنَّدَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "հերքել"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "təkzib etmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprovergavam",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "опровергавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vyvrátit"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "weerleggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "réfuter"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "widerlegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "entkräften"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antikroúo",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "αντικρούω"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaskevázo",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ανασκευάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euthúnō",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "εὐθύνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hifrikh",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "הִפְרִיךְ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dūṣaṇ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "दूषण"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "cáfol"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "smentire"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iikaesu",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "言い返す"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hambaku suru",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反駁する"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refellō"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refūtō"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "redarguō"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dūṣaṇaṁ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ദൂഷണം"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nirākarikkal",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "നിരാകരിക്കൽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevise"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "desmentir"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuta"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprovergátʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроверга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опрове́ргнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūṣaṇa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दूषण"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оповрга́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опо̀вргнути"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "opovrgávati"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opòvrgnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ovreči"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "rebatir"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "negar la mayor"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vederlägga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "aksini ispatlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "delilleri çürütmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "bác bỏ"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
],
"id": "en-refute-en-verb-3YUwGl2J",
"links": [
[
"deny",
"deny"
],
[
"truth",
"truth"
],
[
"correctness",
"correctness"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "deny"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "gainsay"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "rebut"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "reject"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "repudiate"
}
],
"tags": [
"proscribed",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "հերքել"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "othvǎrljam",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "отхвърлям"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "zavrhnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "weigeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "nei"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kiistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kieltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "rejeter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "contester"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "chicaner"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "récuser"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "anfechten"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "widersprechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diapsévdo",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "διαψεύδω"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "tagad"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "smentire"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iikaesu",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "言い返す"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hambaku suru",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "反駁する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanshō suru",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "反証する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "whākorekore"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "whawhati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "ukadhibisha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "negar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otricátʹ",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отрица́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "negar rehusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "rechazar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "karşı çıkmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "reddetmek"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈfjuːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈfjut/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːt"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-refute.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-refute.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-au-refute.ogg/En-au-refute.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-au-refute.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "rə-fyo͞ot"
}
],
"word": "refute"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "demonstrate"
},
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "prove"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "accept"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "embrace"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of French translations",
"Requests for review of Italian translations",
"Rhymes:English/uːt",
"Rhymes:English/uːt/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "self-refute"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "refūtō",
"t": "refute, repudiate"
},
"expansion": "Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "refutes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "refuting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "refuted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "refuted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "refute",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "refute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧fute"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"old": "1",
"stem": "refut"
},
"name": "en-conj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "refutability"
},
{
"word": "refutable"
},
{
"word": "refutably"
},
{
"word": "refutal"
},
{
"word": "refutation"
},
{
"word": "refuted"
},
{
"word": "refuter"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.",
"text": "After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, \"I refute it thus.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
],
"links": [
[
"prove",
"prove"
],
[
"false",
"false"
],
[
"incorrect",
"incorrect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English proscribed terms",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
],
"links": [
[
"deny",
"deny"
],
[
"truth",
"truth"
],
[
"correctness",
"correctness"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something)."
],
"tags": [
"proscribed",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈfjuːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈfjut/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-refute.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-refute.ogg/En-us-refute.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-refute.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-refute.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-au-refute.ogg/En-au-refute.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-au-refute.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "rə-fyo͞ot"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "debunk"
},
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "disprove"
},
{
"sense": "prove (something) to be false",
"word": "rebut"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "deny"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "gainsay"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "rebut"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "reject"
},
{
"sense": "deny the truth or correctness",
"word": "repudiate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daḥaḍa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "دَحَضَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔadḥaḍa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "أَدْحَضَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fannada",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "فَنَّدَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "հերքել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "təkzib etmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprovergavam",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "опровергавам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vyvrátit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "weerleggen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuteren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "réfuter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "widerlegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "entkräften"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antikroúo",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "αντικρούω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaskevázo",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ανασκευάζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euthúnō",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "εὐθύνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hifrikh",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "הִפְרִיךְ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dūṣaṇ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "दूषण"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "cáfol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "smentire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iikaesu",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "言い返す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hambaku suru",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "反駁する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refellō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refūtō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "redarguō"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dūṣaṇaṁ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ദൂഷണം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nirākarikkal",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "നിരാകരിക്കൽ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevise"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "desmentir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refuta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprovergátʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроверга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опрове́ргнуть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūṣaṇa",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दूषण"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оповрга́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опо̀вргнути"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "opovrgávati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opòvrgnuti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "ovreči"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "rebatir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "negar la mayor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "motbevisa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "vederlägga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "aksini ispatlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "delilleri çürütmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "yanlışlığını kanıtlamak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to prove (something) to be false or incorrect",
"word": "bác bỏ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herkʻel",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "հերքել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "othvǎrljam",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "отхвърлям"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "zavrhnout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "weigeren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "nei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kiistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "kieltää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "rejeter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "contester"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "chicaner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "récuser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "anfechten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "widersprechen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diapsévdo",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "διαψεύδω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "tagad"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "smentire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iikaesu",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "言い返す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hambaku suru",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "反駁する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanshō suru",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "反証する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "whākorekore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "whawhati"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "ukadhibisha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "negar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otricátʹ",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отрица́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "negar rehusar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "rechazar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "karşı çıkmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deny the truth or correctness of (something)",
"word": "reddetmek"
}
],
"word": "refute"
}
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