Meaning

2 senses

  1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.

    Nix the last order – the customer walked out.

    verwerfen, annullieren, stornieren

    запреща́тьzapreščátʹ, отменя́тьotmenjátʹ

  2. To destroy or eradicate.

    zerstören, vernichten

More definitions
  • command against

Examples

2 sentences

  1. There's a whole day's work for nix.

    Adelpa · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. We had to nix tomorrow's meeting because of a scheduling problem.

    ruМы вынуждены отменить завтрашнее собрание из-за проблем с расписанием. — paul_lingvo

    darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to reject or cancel:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to reject or cancel:
to destroy:

Origin

From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”

From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.

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Forms

nixes, nixing, nixed, nixed
Base formnix · to nix
3rd person singularnixes
Present participlenixing
Past simplenixed
Past participlenixed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynix
he, she, itnixes

Past simpleLesson

all personsnixed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nix

Synonyms

8 synonyms
cancelB1rejectB1
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nitrousnittynitwitnoA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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