Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.

    zuwiderhandeln, verstoßen

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To deny the truth of something.

    leugnen

    deny the truth of

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Nature feigns to contravene her own laws.

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  2. This would contravene several articles of the Geneva Convention.

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  3. No law enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall contravene this Law.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 2
to act contrary to an order, or fail to conform:
to deny the truth of something:

Origin

From Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō.

From Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō.

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Forms

contravenes, contravening, contravened, contravened
Base formcontravene · to contravene
3rd person singularcontravenes
Present participlecontravening
Past simplecontravened
Past participlecontravened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontravene
he, she, itcontravenes

Past simpleLesson

all personscontravened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contravened
he, she, ithas contravened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contravene

Synonyms

11 synonyms
breakA1infringeB2violateB2contradictB2disputeB2breachcontrovertgainsay
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcontravenercontravention
Derivedcontraveningly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contraryB1contrastA2contributeB1contributionB1contributorcontrite
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