NULLIFY (nullified)
Dictionary entry overview: What does nullify mean?
• NULLIFY (verb)
The verb NULLIFY has 3 senses:
1. declare invalid
2. show to be invalid
3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Familiarity information: NULLIFY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NULLIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Declare invalid
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
nullify; invalidate; annul; void; quash; avoid
Context examples:
The contract was annulled / void a plea
Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nullify"):
break (invalidate by judicial action)
stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Show to be invalid
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
nullify; invalidate
Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):
contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
neutralize; neutralise; nullify; negate
Context examples:
Her optimism neutralizes his gloom / This action will negate the effect of my efforts
Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
