Meaning

3 senses
  1. To make invalid (especially in to contract law)

    The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

    entkräften

    скасува́тиskasuváty

    make invalid for use

  2. To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.

  3. To render invalid; discredit.

    Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.

    show to be invalid

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Ziri doesn't want to invalidate his ablutions.

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  2. A single counterexample invalidates an absolute statement.

    ruДостаточно одного контрпримера, чтобы опровергнуть общее утверждение.

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  3. Is my fast invalidated if I sleep the whole day?

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  4. The fact that he eyeballed the proportions completely invalidates the results of our experiment.

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  5. When people use masculine terms for me, it feels deeply invalidating to my experience.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make invalid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make invalid:

Origin

First attested in 1649; borrowed from Middle French invalider, from invalide + -er. By sur

First attested in 1649; borrowed from Middle French invalider, from invalide + -er. By surface analysis, in- + validate or invalid + -ate.

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Forms

invalidates, invalidating, invalidated, invalidated
Base forminvalidate · to invalidate
3rd person singularinvalidates
Present participleinvalidating
Past simpleinvalidated
Past participleinvalidated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinvalidate
he, she, itinvalidates

Past simpleLesson

all personsinvalidated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave invalidated
he, she, ithas invalidated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill invalidate

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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