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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCONFIRM

disconfirm  [ˌdɪskənˈfɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCONFIRM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disconfirm is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disconfirm in English.

WHAT DOES DISCONFIRM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disconfirm in the English dictionary

The definition of disconfirm in the dictionary is to suggest that a hypothesis is wrong or ill-formulated.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCONFIRM

PRESENT

Present
I disconfirm
you disconfirm
he/she/it disconfirms
we disconfirm
you disconfirm
they disconfirm
Present continuous
I am disconfirming
you are disconfirming
he/she/it is disconfirming
we are disconfirming
you are disconfirming
they are disconfirming
Present perfect
I have disconfirmed
you have disconfirmed
he/she/it has disconfirmed
we have disconfirmed
you have disconfirmed
they have disconfirmed
Present perfect continuous
I have been disconfirming
you have been disconfirming
he/she/it has been disconfirming
we have been disconfirming
you have been disconfirming
they have been disconfirming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disconfirmed
you disconfirmed
he/she/it disconfirmed
we disconfirmed
you disconfirmed
they disconfirmed
Past continuous
I was disconfirming
you were disconfirming
he/she/it was disconfirming
we were disconfirming
you were disconfirming
they were disconfirming
Past perfect
I had disconfirmed
you had disconfirmed
he/she/it had disconfirmed
we had disconfirmed
you had disconfirmed
they had disconfirmed
Past perfect continuous
I had been disconfirming
you had been disconfirming
he/she/it had been disconfirming
we had been disconfirming
you had been disconfirming
they had been disconfirming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disconfirm
you will disconfirm
he/she/it will disconfirm
we will disconfirm
you will disconfirm
they will disconfirm
Future continuous
I will be disconfirming
you will be disconfirming
he/she/it will be disconfirming
we will be disconfirming
you will be disconfirming
they will be disconfirming
Future perfect
I will have disconfirmed
you will have disconfirmed
he/she/it will have disconfirmed
we will have disconfirmed
you will have disconfirmed
they will have disconfirmed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disconfirming
you will have been disconfirming
he/she/it will have been disconfirming
we will have been disconfirming
you will have been disconfirming
they will have been disconfirming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disconfirm
you would disconfirm
he/she/it would disconfirm
we would disconfirm
you would disconfirm
they would disconfirm
Conditional continuous
I would be disconfirming
you would be disconfirming
he/she/it would be disconfirming
we would be disconfirming
you would be disconfirming
they would be disconfirming
Conditional perfect
I would have disconfirm
you would have disconfirm
he/she/it would have disconfirm
we would have disconfirm
you would have disconfirm
they would have disconfirm
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disconfirming
you would have been disconfirming
he/she/it would have been disconfirming
we would have been disconfirming
you would have been disconfirming
they would have been disconfirming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disconfirm
we let´s disconfirm
you disconfirm
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disconfirm
Past participle
disconfirmed
Present Participle
disconfirming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCONFIRM


affirm
əˈfɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
confirm
kənˈfɜːm
disaffirm
ˌdɪsəˈfɜːm
firm
fɜːm
germ
dʒɜːm
infirm
ɪnˈfɜːm
interfirm
ˌɪntəˈfɜːm
medium-term
ˈmiːdɪəmˌtɜːm
midterm
ˈmɪdˈtɜːm
perm
pɜːm
reaffirm
ˌriːəˈfɜːm
reconfirm
ˌriːkənˈfɜːm
sperm
spɜːm
superfirm
ˈsuːpərˌfɜːm
term
tɜːm
therm
θɜːm
turm
tɜːm
unfirm
ʌnˈfɜːm
worm
wɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCONFIRM

disconcert
disconcerted
disconcertedly
disconcertedness
disconcerting
disconcertingly
disconcertion
disconcertment
disconfirmation
disconformable
disconformities
disconformity
disconnect
disconnected
disconnectedly
disconnectedness
disconnecter
disconnection
disconnective
disconnexion

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCONFIRM

bookmaking firm
chirm
courier firm
family firm
haulage firm
headhunting firm
mail order firm
plant-hire firm
securities firm
security firm
squirm
taghairm
thairm

Synonyms and antonyms of disconfirm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disconfirm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCONFIRM

Find out the translation of disconfirm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disconfirm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disconfirm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

驳斥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconfirmar
570 millions of speakers

English

disconfirm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

disconfirm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

disconfirm
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опровергнуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desconfirmar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disconfirm
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infirmer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat disahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entkräften
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

disconfirm
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disconfirm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disconfirm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

disconfirm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

disconfirm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विचली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

disconfirm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disconferma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

disconfirm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спростувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infirma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

disconfirm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disconfirm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disconfirm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avkrefte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disconfirm

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONFIRM»

The term «disconfirm» is normally little used and occupies the 132.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONFIRM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disconfirm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disconfirm» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disconfirm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCONFIRM»

Discover the use of disconfirm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disconfirm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Agent-Oriented Information Systems III: 7th International ...
In the primitive communicative acts of the FIPA ACL, disconfirm (< i, disconfirm(j, ( f>) >) is a special case of inform (< i, inform(j, -xfr) > ). Proof. Comparing the definitions of disconfirm and inform, we have < i, inform(j, ->(/)) > FP : Bi^A^BiiBifj ^V ...
Manuel Kolp, Paolo Bresciani, Brian Henderson-Sellers, 2006
2
The Psychoanalytic Process: Theory, Clinical Observation, ...
According to my thesis, therapeutic processes are in essence processes by which the patient works with the analyst to disconfirm his pathogenic beliefs. A patient is strongly motivated unconsciously to work at disconfirming these beliefs.
Joseph Weiss, 1986
3
Mentoring-Coaching: A Guide For Education Professionals: A ...
disconfirm. the. hypothesis. The second possibility is, that having articulated the hypothesis to oneself, the mentor-coach will test it through gathering of further evidence, initially by simply listening further to what is being said and eventually,  ...
Pask, Roger, Joy, Barrie, 2007
4
Words and Life
... B if possible observations (including observations of the results of experiments people with that body of knowledge could perform) would be known to disconfirm the statement (without drawing on anything outside of that body of knowledge).
Hilary Putnam, James Conant, 1995
5
On Quine: New Essays
... if possible observations (including observations of the results of experiments people with that body of knowledge could perform) would be known to disconfirm the statement (without drawing on anything outside of that body of knowledge).
Paolo Leonardi, Marco Santambrogio, 1995
6
Arithmetic and Ontology: A Non-realist Philosophy of Arithmetic
For any mathematical statement 5, if S is true, then no experiential evidence can disconfirm S. 2. Experiential evidence can confirm a mathematical statement iff experiential evidence can disconfirm it. 3. Thus, for any mathematical statement 5 , ...
Philip Hugly, Charles Sayward, Pieranna Garavaso, 2006
7
Psychology of Science: Implicit and Explicit Processes
Thus, trying to disconfirm a belief, if it is a very general one, might be ineflfective if one focuses only on the general belief. Rather, it might be more eflfective to disconfirm the individual subbeliefs that the general belief is supported by. That is  ...
Robert W. Proctor, E.J. Capaldi, 2012
8
The Philosophy of P.F. Strawson
Prior to Lobachevski, Riemann, et ai, no one knew how to disconfirm Euclidean geometry, or even knew if anything could disconfirm it. Similarly, I would argue, we do not today know how to falsify or disconfirm 'For all statements p,r-(p &-/>)"" is ...
Pranab Kumar Sen, Roop Rekha Verma, 1995
9
The New Wittgenstein
the question is not a mere question of what some people can imagine or not imagine; it is a question of what, given a conceptual scheme, one knows how to falsify or at least disconfirm. Prior to Lobachevski, Riemann, and others, no one knew ...
Alice Marguerite Crary, Alice Crary, Rupert J. Read, 2000
10
Scientific Thinking
(c) The two you've failed to disconfirm are both candidates for the explanation, but you can't say which. You have to reformulate things to try to narrow the possibilities down (see next section). (d) This means that you didn't have the explanation ...
Robert M. Martin, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCONFIRM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disconfirm is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Beta testing/replication on video game cognition research
Science is self-correcting by repeating the studies and reaffirm or disconfirm the original findings. This is quite similar to game testing, game ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
2
Comment: Why conspiracy theories aren't harmless fun
When confronted by data that seems to disconfirm the theory, they posit 'auxiliary hypotheses' that actually strengthen the theory, by allowing it ... «SBS, Jun 15»
3
ABC-7 Xtra: Charleston Shooting
... think that's really a problematic issue, and i think it's very, very hard in the same way it is to confirm or disconfirm conversation on the internet, ... «KVIA El Paso, Jun 15»
4
Principals: who are you hiring?
This will often reveal new information and can confirm or disconfirm those doubts. “A school, like any organisation, needs to have a clear ... «The Educator, Jun 15»
5
How Genetic Testing Can Strengthen The Army of the Future
... their current function … we lack a set of tools … that can confirm or disconfirm the diagnosis of PTS or TBI or related problems like depression ... «New York Observer, Jun 15»
6
Hogwarts Hops The Pond: Rowling Reveals U.S. Version Of …
J.K. Rowling, reading aloud during the Easter Egg Roll at the White House in 2010. We will neither confirm nor disconfirm the possibility that ... «WGBH NEWS, Jun 15»
7
How do US black students perform at school?
Their efforts and frequent attempts to disconfirm these negative stereotypes often causes academic stress leading to lowered cognitive ... «BBC News, May 15»
8
DA's Office to sit grand jury again for Fire Station No. 8
Cox said the purpose of the grand jury is to confirm or disconfirm information from witness Tony Leblanc, a former Shreveport Police ... «The Daily Advertiser, May 15»
9
This Video Claims to Combine Every Single Michael Jackson Grunt
We have neither the expertise nor the time to confirm or disconfirm the claim that this features every single MJ grunt, but the clip's pretty ... «People Magazine, May 15»
10
Best option for LCC was cutting programs
... the state Employment Department on job trends and sought feedback from focused employer interviews to confirm or disconfirm our findings. «The Register-Guard, May 15»

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