"annul" meaning in English

See annul in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈnʌl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-annul.wav Forms: annuls [present, singular, third-person], annulling [participle, present], annulled [participle, past], annulled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌl Etymology: From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|annullen}} Middle English annullen, {{der|en|fro|anuller}} Old French anuller, {{der|en|la|annullō||annihilate, annul}} Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), {{com|la|ad|nūllus|nocat=1|t1=to|t2=none, not any}} ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)
  1. (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of. Tags: transitive Related terms (formally revoke the validity of): make, render null and void, null, nullify Translations (formally revoke the validity of): ἀναιρέω (anairéō) (Ancient Greek), отменям (otmenjam) (Bulgarian), анулирам (anuliram) (Bulgarian), anul·lar (Catalan), ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ (ayosdodi) (Cherokee), 廢除 (Chinese Mandarin), 废除 (fèichú) (Chinese Mandarin), 取消 (qǔxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), annullere (Danish), ophæve (Danish), annuleren (Dutch), mitätöidä (Finnish), kumota (Finnish), annuler (French), anular (Galician), ანულირება (anulireba) (Georgian), annullieren (German), ακυρώνω (akyróno) (Greek), καταργώ (katargó) (Greek), בִּטֵּל (bitél) (Hebrew), érvénytelenít (Hungarian), annullare (Italian), 取り消す (torikesu) (alt: とりけす) (Japanese), 廃棄する (haiki-suru) (alt: はいきする) (Japanese), annūllō (Latin), поништи (poništi) (Macedonian), whakakāhore (Maori), annullere (Norwegian), oppheve (Norwegian), tilbakekalle (Norwegian Bokmål), ابطال ایتمك (ibtâl etmek) (Ottoman Turkish), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), anulować (Polish), anular (Portuguese), anula (Romanian), revoca (Romanian), аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), anulirati (Serbo-Croatian), revocar (Spanish), anular (Spanish), invalidar (Spanish), annullera (Swedish), ogiltigförklara (Swedish), касува́ти (kasuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скасува́ти (skasuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), אַנולירן (anulirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-annul-en-verb-tOyIq3FT Disambiguation of 'formally revoke the validity of': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'formally revoke the validity of': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law, Marriage Related terms (dissolve (a marital union)): dissolve Translations (dissolve (a marital union)): разтрогвам (raztrogvam) (Bulgarian), ontbinden (Dutch), annuleren (Dutch), mitätöidä (Finnish), annullieren (German), ακυρώνω (akyróno) (Greek), anulować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), anular (Portuguese), расторга́ть (rastorgátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расто́ргнуть (rastórgnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), anular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-annul-en-verb-xrkGZiC0 Disambiguation of Law: 22 78 Disambiguation of Marriage: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'dissolve (a marital union)': 8 92 Disambiguation of 'dissolve (a marital union)': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: annullability, annullable, annuller, annulment, disannul

Inflected forms

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      "word": "annullability"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "annullable"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "annuller"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "annulment"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "word": "uphold"
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          "ref": "1902, William James, “Lecture 2”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.",
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        "(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of."
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          "roman": "ayosdodi",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "廢除"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fèichú",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "废除"
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          "roman": "qǔxiāo",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "取消"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "mitätöidä"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "annuler"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "anular"
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          "roman": "anulireba",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "ანულირება"
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          "word": "annullieren"
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          "roman": "akyróno",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "ακυρώνω"
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          "roman": "katargó",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "καταργώ"
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          "roman": "anairéō",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "ἀναιρέω"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "érvénytelenít"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "annullare"
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          "alt": "とりけす",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "torikesu",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "取り消す"
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          "alt": "はいきする",
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          "roman": "haiki-suru",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "廃棄する"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "annūllō"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "poništi",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "поништи"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "whakakāhore"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "annullere"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "oppheve"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "tilbakekalle"
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          "roman": "ibtâl etmek",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "ابطال ایتمك"
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          "roman": "bozmak",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "anulować"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "anula"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "revoca"
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          "roman": "annulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "аннули́ровать"
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          "roman": "otmenjátʹ",
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "anulirati"
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          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
          "word": "annullera"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "roman": "kasuváty",
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          "roman": "skasuváty",
          "sense": "formally revoke the validity of",
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          "roman": "anulirn",
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      "word": "ანულირება"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dissolve (a marital union)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "anulować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dissolve (a marital union)",
      "word": "anular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastorgátʹ",
      "sense": "dissolve (a marital union)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расторга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastórgnutʹ",
      "sense": "dissolve (a marital union)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расто́ргнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dissolve (a marital union)",
      "word": "anular"
    }
  ],
  "word": "annul"
}

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