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invalidatein‧val‧i‧date /ɪnˈvælədeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEinvalidate |
Present | I, you, we, they | invalidate | | he, she, it | invalidates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | invalidated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have invalidated | | he, she, it | has invalidated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had invalidated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will invalidate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have invalidated |
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Present | I | am invalidating | | he, she, it | is invalidating | | you, we, they | are invalidating | Past | I, he, she, it | was invalidating | | you, we, they | were invalidating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been invalidating | | he, she, it | has been invalidating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been invalidating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be invalidating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been invalidating |
- If we look closely at Professor Thomson's argument, we see that his conclusion is invalidated by a number of factual errors.
- None of the more recent views invalidates Hahnemann's original discoveries or teachings.
- The Educational Testing Service invalidated the scores of 18 students.
- The elements of Christianity that come from older beliefs do not necessarily invalidate the religion.
to prove that something is wrong, untrue, or does not exist► disprove to prove that something is wrong or not true: · She was able to produce figures that disproved Smith's argument.· The existence of God is a question of faith, and therefore impossible to prove or disprove. ► refute formal to prove that what someone has said is not true: · I knew that he was lying but I had no evidence with which to refute his story.· The accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence. ► debunk to prove that something is not true, especially something that people have believed for a long time, and make it seem silly or unimportant: · In her book she debunks a lot of the claims made by astrologers.· Payton wants to debunk the myth that economics is a science. ► invalidate formal if a fact or piece of information invalidates an explanation or idea, it proves that it contains mistakes which make it unlikely to be true - used in scientific contexts: · None of the more recent views invalidates Hahnemann's original discoveries or teachings.· If we look closely at Professor Thomson's argument, we see that his conclusion is invalidated by a number of factual errors. ► demolish to prove that an argument or idea is completely wrong: · It would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish.· There was a time when the response "that's a value judgement" would have demolished any argument in the educational field. ► explode: explode a myth/rumour to prove that something that many people think or believe is wrong or not true: · The report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues. ► negative a negative result of a medical or chemical test does not show any sign of the condition you are testing for and therefore proves it does not exist in this person or situation: · All the athletes' drugs tests were negative.· a negative pregnancy test· The first brain scan proved negative. nounvalidity ≠ invalidityadjectivevalid ≠ invalidverbvalidate ≠ invalidate 1to make a document, ticket, claim etc no longer legally or officially acceptable: Failure to disclose all relevant changes may invalidate your policy.2to show that something such as a belief or explanation is wrong: Later findings invalidated the theory. |