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OPPUGN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they oppugn ... he / she / it oppugns
Past simple: oppugned
-ing form: oppugning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
Example:
We must question your judgment in this matter
Synonyms:
call into question; oppugn; question
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "oppugn" is one way to...):
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE