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# rebuttal

«rebuttal» in Mova's school dictionary: **A statement or argument that shows something said is wrong** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a rebuttal, rebuttals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A statement or argument that shows something said is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#m1)

2) (law, debate) A reply that answers the other side's claims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school debates, each team gives a rebuttal to the other team's points. In persuasive writing pupils plan a rebuttal (counter-argument). Phrases: «a strong rebuttal», «in rebuttal», «rebuttal speech».

### examples

- In the debate, our team gave a clever rebuttal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x1)
- Her rebuttal showed the facts were wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x2)
- Plan a rebuttal for the other side's best point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x3)
- The lawyer's rebuttal convinced the jury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x4)
- He wrote a short rebuttal to the letter in the newspaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x5)
- The rebuttal speech came last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/#x6)

### note

Verb «rebut» (rebutted, rebutting) — double «t». Formal; everyday words: «answer», «reply», «counter-argument».

### In the corpora

- [A rebuttal answers the other side's point, which shows you listened: "You said ___, but…"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/9/)
- [Each person gets a turn to answer, then a short turn to reply, called a rebuttal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rebuttal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebuttal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.