Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make legally invalid.

    Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash

    The contract has been nullified.

    annullieren

    аннули́роватьannulírovatʹ

    нуліфікува́тиnulifikuváty, скасо́вуватиskasóvuvaty, скасува́тиskasuváty

    show to be invalid

  2. To prevent from happening.

  3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. This contract will nullify all preceding contracts.

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  2. Tom convinced the judge to nullify the contract.

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  3. You'll nullify the contract if you move out before the lease period is up.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make legally invalid:
Русский
By meaning 1
make legally invalid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make legally invalid:

Forms

nullifies, nullifying, nullified, nullified
Base formnullify · to nullify
3rd person singularnullifies
Present participlenullifying
Past simplenullified
Past participlenullified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynullify
he, she, itnullifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsnullified

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nullify

Synonyms

9 synonyms
cancelB1voidquash
to make legally invalid:annul
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedannihilatenullnullifiablenullificationnullifier

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nukenullnumbC1numberA1
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