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REBUT (rebutted, rebutting)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: rebutted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, rebutting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rebut mean? 

REBUT (verb)
  The verb REBUT has 2 senses:

1. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proofplay

2. prove to be false or incorrectplay

  Familiarity information: REBUT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REBUT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they rebut  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it rebuts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: rebutted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: rebutted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: rebutting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

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 "rebut" is one way to...):

disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rebut"):

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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Something ----s something

Derivation:

rebuttal (the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument)

rebutter ((law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder)

rebutter (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Prove to be false or incorrect

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

controvert; rebut; refute

Hypernyms (to "rebut" is one way to...):

confute; disprove (prove to be false)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

rebutter (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)


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