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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/
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  1. negate something to stop something from having any effect取消；使无效 synonym nullify
    • Alcohol negates the effects of the drug.酒精能使这种药物失效。🔊🔊
  2. negate something to state that something does not exist否定；否认
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin negat- ‘denied’, from the verb negare.