negate

🇺🇸 /nɪˈɡeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /nɪˈɡeɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to make something have no effect

Drinking alcohol can negate the medicine's benefits.

R

to say something is not true or does not exist

He tried to negate the evidence against him.

translation

v. to make something have no effect; to say something is not true or does not exist

Word Forms

3rd Present negates
Past negated
Perfect negated
Progressive negating