REFUTE


Meaning of REFUTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪfju:t ]

( refutes, refuting, refuted)

1.

If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. ( FORMAL )

It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.

= disprove

VERB : V n

2.

If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. ( FORMAL )

Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.

= deny

VERB : V n

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