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to negate
01
to make something not effective by balancing or counteracting its effects
Transitive: to negate an effect
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
negate
3rd person singular
negates
Present participle
negating
Past simple
negated
Past participle
negated
Examples
Adding a negative review can negate the positive impact of previous feedback.
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. "
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.
Lexical Tree
negation
negative
negate
