"nullify" meaning in English

See nullify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-nullify.ogg Forms: nullifies [present, singular, third-person], nullifying [participle, present], nullified [participle, past], nullified [past]
Etymology: From 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), ابطال ایتمك (ibtâl etmek) (Ottoman Turkish), 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~ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 20 16 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 9 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 19 19 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 13 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 9 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 13 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 10 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 26 10 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 11 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 12 8 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 31 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 8 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 10 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 22 10 67 Disambiguation of 'make of no use or value': 4 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: annihilate, null, null and void, nullifiable, nullification

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "null and void"
    },
    {
      "word": "nullifiable"
    },
    {
      "word": "nullification"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: cancel, void"
        },
        {
          "text": "The contract has been nullified.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make legally invalid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "invalid",
          "invalid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) To make legally invalid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent from happening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:",
          "text": "It nullifies the night / from overkill",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make of no use or value; to cancel out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cancel out",
          "cancel out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nullify.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/En-us-nullify.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to make legally invalid",
      "word": "annul"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to make legally invalid",
      "word": "cancel"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "anuliram",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "анулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "annuleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "vernietigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ongedaan maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "mitätöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "annuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "nullifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "annullieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akyróno",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ακυρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "athetéō",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ἀθετέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bitél",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ביטל \\ בִּטֵּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "érvénytelenít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "hatálytalanít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "nullificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "annullare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "cassare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "torikesu",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "取り消す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haki suru",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "破棄する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chwisohada",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "취소하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "whakakāhore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ibtâl etmek",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "ابطال ایتمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bozmak",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "بوزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "anular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "cassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "a anula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "annulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "аннули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make legally invalid",
      "word": "anular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "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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