contravene

[ kon-truh-veen ]

/ ˌkɒn trəˈvin /

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verb (used with object), con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing.

to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.

to violate, infringe, or transgress: to contravene the law.

Origin of contravene

1560–70; <Late Latin contrāvenīre, equivalent to Latin contrā against + venīre to come

OTHER WORDS FROM contravene

con·tra·ven·er, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH contravene

contravene , controvert

Words nearby contravene

contrast stain, contrasty, contrasuggestible, contrate, contravallation, contravene, contravention, contrayerva, contrecoup, contrecoup injury of brain, contredanse

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Example sentences from the Web for contravene

More worryingly, the draft rules empower regulators to conduct investigations on “internet broadcasters” who are suspected of contravening Lesotho’s broadcasting rules and “may direct or facilitate removal of such posts or content”.
More African governments are quietly tightening rules and laws on social media|Tawanda Karombo|October 12, 2020|Quartz
As London-based design expert Cennyd Bowles told the magazine, TikTok “just contravenes everything I’ve been taught and everything I practiced in my design career to date.”
How would Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom redesign TikTok as CEO?|claychandler|September 22, 2020|Fortune
So watered it down in certain ways specifically regarding the punishment of bodies that contravene the law.
Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state|Anthony Green|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Levying sanctions against only one member state contravenes that credo.
Trump’s prolonged assault on WTO means its ruling against Chinese tariffs is essentially moot|eamonbarrett|September 16, 2020|Fortune

Apple removed the wildly popular Fortnite game from its App Store after it rolled out a new direct payment system that contravened its policies.
Publishers could soon have more leverage to force Apple to relax its ‘my way or the highway’ approach|Lara O'Reilly|August 25, 2020|Digiday
But do not the turnpikes, or fall-stops, with which these rivers are thickset, contravene also the rights of nature?
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI)|Various
Still more distinctly did he contravene the general tendency of scientific explanation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various
I have related facts, and to attempt to contravene them would be as futile as to endeavour to breast the billows of the Atlantic.
Letters of George Borrow|George Borrow
But among these invalided articles were a few whose condition accidentally revealed attempts to contravene the postal laws.
Post Haste|R.M. Ballantyne
He then hastened to the Assembly to contravene any measures the King might ask in opposition.
The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete|Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

British Dictionary definitions for contravene

contravene

/ (ˌkɒntrəˈviːn) /

verb (tr)

to come into conflict with or infringe (rules, laws, etc)

to dispute or contradict (a statement, proposition, etc)

Derived forms of contravene

contravener, nouncontravention (ˌkɒntrəˈvɛnʃən), noun

Word Origin for contravene

C16: from Late Latin contrāvenīre, from Latin contra- + venīre to come

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	contravene
释义	contravene [ kon-truh-veen ] / ˌkɒn trəˈvin / SEE SYNONYMS FOR contravene ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing. to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement. to violate, infringe, or transgress: to contravene the law. Origin of contravene 1560–70; <Late Latin contrāvenīre, equivalent to Latin contrā against + venīre to come OTHER WORDS FROM contravene con·tra·ven·er, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH contravene contravene , controvert Words nearby contravene contrast stain, contrasty, contrasuggestible, contrate, contravallation, contravene, contravention, contrayerva, contrecoup, contrecoup injury of brain, contredanse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for contravene More worryingly, the draft rules empower regulators to conduct investigations on “internet broadcasters” who are suspected of contravening Lesotho’s broadcasting rules and “may direct or facilitate removal of such posts or content”. More African governments are quietly tightening rules and laws on social media\|Tawanda Karombo\|October 12, 2020\|Quartz As London-based design expert Cennyd Bowles told the magazine, TikTok “just contravenes everything I’ve been taught and everything I practiced in my design career to date.” How would Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom redesign TikTok as CEO?\|claychandler\|September 22, 2020\|Fortune So watered it down in certain ways specifically regarding the punishment of bodies that contravene the law. Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state\|Anthony Green\|September 16, 2020\|MIT Technology Review Levying sanctions against only one member state contravenes that credo. Trump’s prolonged assault on WTO means its ruling against Chinese tariffs is essentially moot\|eamonbarrett\|September 16, 2020\|Fortune Apple removed the wildly popular Fortnite game from its App Store after it rolled out a new direct payment system that contravened its policies. Publishers could soon have more leverage to force Apple to relax its ‘my way or the highway’ approach\|Lara O'Reilly\|August 25, 2020\|Digiday But do not the turnpikes, or fall-stops, with which these rivers are thickset, contravene also the rights of nature? The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI)\|Various Still more distinctly did he contravene the general tendency of scientific explanation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2\|Various I have related facts, and to attempt to contravene them would be as futile as to endeavour to breast the billows of the Atlantic. Letters of George Borrow\|George Borrow But among these invalided articles were a few whose condition accidentally revealed attempts to contravene the postal laws. Post Haste\|R.M. Ballantyne He then hastened to the Assembly to contravene any measures the King might ask in opposition. The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete\|Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe British Dictionary definitions for contravene contravene / (ˌkɒntrəˈviːn) / verb (tr) to come into conflict with or infringe (rules, laws, etc) to dispute or contradict (a statement, proposition, etc) Derived forms of contravene contravener, nouncontravention (ˌkɒntrəˈvɛnʃən), noun Word Origin for contravene C16: from Late Latin contrāvenīre, from Latin contra- + venīre to come Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to contravene hinder, overstep, impugn, violate, repudiate, disobey, interfere, infringe, negate, breach, defy, transgress, exclude, resist, intrude, spurn, combat, cross, encroach, interpose
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contravene

verb (used with object), con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing.

Origin of contravene

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British Dictionary definitions for contravene

verb (tr)

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