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1. (v.t.) contravene
to come or be in conflict with; deny or oppose:
to contravene a statement.
2. contravene
to go or act against; violate:
to contravene the law.
Etymology: (1560–70; < LL contrāvenīre= L contrā against +venīre to come)
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| Definition of 'contravene' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
go against, as of rules and laws
"He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
2. (verb) contradict, negate, contravene
deny the truth of
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| Definition of 'contravene' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) contravene
to meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat
2. (verb) contravene
to violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law
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Sense: to go against or break (a law, principle etc).
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 Afrikaans: oortree |
 Arabic: يُخالِف القانون |
 Bulgarian: престъпвам (закона) |
 Brazilian: infringir |
 Czech: jednat proti (zákonu), po |
 German: zuwiderhandeln |
 Danish: overtræde; bryde; handle |
 Greek: παραβαίνω |
 Spanish: contravenir, violar, infr |
 Estonian: (seadusest)üle astuma |
 Farsi: تخطی کردن؛ زیر پا گذاشتن |
 Finnish: rikkoa |
 French: contrevenir (à) |
 Hebrew: לְהָפֵר |
 Hindi: कानून का उल्लंघन करना |
 Croatian: prekršiti |
 Hungarian: ellenszegül |
 Indonesian: melanggar |
 Icelandic: brjóta gegn |
 Italian: contravvenire a |
 Japanese: 違反する |
 Korean: 위반하다 |
 Lithuanian: pažeisti |
 Latvian: pārkāpt (likumu u.tml.) |
 Malay: melanggar |
 Dutch: overtreden |
 Norwegian: imøtegå, bestride, overtr |
 Polish: naruszać |
 Persian: تخطی کردن؛ زیر پا گذاشتن |
 Pashto: خطا کول |
 Portuguese: infringir |
 Romanian: a contraveni |
 Russian: нарушать |
 Slovak: porušiť |
 Slovenian: kršiti |
 Serbian: prekršiti |
 Swedish: kränka, överträda |
 Thai: โต้แย้ง; ฝ่าฝืน |
 Turkish: karşı gelmek/koymak |
 Taiwanese: 違反 |
 Ukrainian: порушувати |
 Urdu: كيخلاف كرنا |
 Vietnamese: vi phạm |
 Chinese: 违反 |
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