Vocabulary
Refute
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.
Urdu meaning
تردید کرنا، مسترد کرنا، غلط ثابت کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- An attempt to refute that went horribly wrong, with Mr Ashraf forwarding a screenshot of a conversation between Babar and PCB chief operating officer Salman Naseer, which was leaked on a private news channel.
Synonyms
disprove, prove wrong/false, show/prove to be wrong/false, rebut, confute, give the lie to
Curator example
“these claims have not been convincingly refuted”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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