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to negate
01
to make something not effective by balancing or counteracting its effects
Transitive: to negate an effect
Examples
Adding a negative review can negate the positive impact of previous feedback.
Taking a medicine with food may negate its effectiveness due to interaction.
02
to express or indicate the opposite or contrary of something
Transitive: to negate a statement
Examples
By adding the word " not " to the statement, she negated its meaning: " I am not going to the party. "
The amendment to the contract negated the original terms, specifying that all liabilities would not be assumed by the buyer.
03
to say that something either does not exist or is not true
Transitive: to negate a theory or account
Examples
He tried to negate the eyewitness accounts by accusing the witnesses of conspiring against him.
Scientists gathered new data that helped negate the long-held theory about the formation of the solar system.
Lexical Tree
negation
negative
negativity
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