negate
verb /nɪˈɡeɪt/
/nɪˈɡeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they negate | /nɪˈɡeɪt/ /nɪˈɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it negates | /nɪˈɡeɪts/ /nɪˈɡeɪts/ |
| past simple negated | /nɪˈɡeɪtɪd/ /nɪˈɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle negated | /nɪˈɡeɪtɪd/ /nɪˈɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form negating | /nɪˈɡeɪtɪŋ/ /nɪˈɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- negate something to stop something from having any effect synonym nullify
- Alcohol negates the effects of the drug.
- negate something to state that something does not exist
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin negat- ‘denied’, from the verb negare.