"nullify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-nullify.ogg [US] Forms: nullifies [present, singular, third-person], nullifying [participle, present], nullified [participle, past], nullified [past]
Etymology: null + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|null|ify}} null + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)
  1. (transitive, law) To make legally invalid. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Synonyms (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel Translations (make legally invalid): ἀθετέω (athetéō) (Ancient Greek), анулирам (anuliram) (Bulgarian), annuleren (Dutch), vernietigen (Dutch), ongedaan maken (Dutch), mitätöidä (Finnish), annuler (French), nullifier (French), annullieren (German), ακυρώνω (akyróno) (Greek), ביטל \ בִּטֵּל (bitél) (Hebrew), érvénytelenít (Hungarian), hatálytalanít (Hungarian), nullificar (Interlingua), annullare (Italian), cassare (Italian), 取り消す (torikesu) (Japanese), 破棄する (haki suru) (Japanese), 취소하다 (chwisohada) (Korean), whakakāhore (Maori), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), anular (Portuguese), cassar (Portuguese), a anula (Romanian), аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), anular (Spanish), derogar (Spanish), abrogar (Spanish), casar (Spanish), omintetgöra (Swedish), annullera (Swedish), upphäva (Swedish), ogiltigförklara (Swedish), מבֿטל זײַן (mevatl zayn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-nullify-en-verb--hZEh~v~ Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to make legally invalid': 91 2 7 Disambiguation of 'make legally invalid': 93 2 5
  2. To prevent from happening. Translations (prevent from happening): неутрализирам (neutraliziram) (Bulgarian), estää (Finnish), ehkäistä (Finnish), annuler (French), megakadályoz (Hungarian), evitar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-nullify-en-verb-ejULOXZM Disambiguation of 'prevent from happening': 2 95 2
  3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out. Translations (make of no use or value): kumota (Finnish), mitätöidä (Finnish), annuler (French), neutralizzare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-nullify-en-verb-J81RSrXB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of 'make of no use or value': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: null, nullification, nullifiable, annihilate

Inflected forms

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      "word": "取り消す"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "derogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "abrogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "casar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "omintetgöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "annullera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "upphäva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ogiltigförklara"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mevatl zayn",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "מבֿטל זײַן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neutraliziram",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "неутрализирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "ehkäistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "annuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "megakadályoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prevent from happening",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make of no use or value",
      "word": "kumota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make of no use or value",
      "word": "mitätöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make of no use or value",
      "word": "annuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make of no use or value",
      "word": "neutralizzare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nullify"
}

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