annul
/əˈnʌl/
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Australia/əˈnɐl/
annul verb: to formally revoke the validity of.
Verb
annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)
- To formally revoke the validity of.
- 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.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
- Antonyms:
- uphold
- To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
- To cancel out.
- They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears.
annul meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
annul in Hindi
- formally revoke the validity of
- निरसन nirsan
annul in Tamil
- ஒழி, செல்லாமல் செய், நீக்கு, துடைத்தழி, வறிதாக்கு, நடைமுறையிலிருந்து நீக்கு
annul in Urdu
- حلقہ, دائرہ, چھلّہ, ختم کرنا, منسوخ کرنا, تنسیخ کرنا
annul in Bengali
- বাতিল করা, রদ করা
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- annul in Malayalam
- വൃർത്ഥമാക്കുക, ഇല്ലായ്മ ചെയ്യുക, അസാധുവാക്കുക, റദ്ദാക്കുക
- annul in Kannada
- ಅಳಿಸು, ನೀಗಾಡು, ಅನೂರ್ಜಿತಗೊಳಿಸು, ನಿರರ್ಥಕಗೊಳಿಸು
- annul in Sanskrit
- बाध् bādh
Antonyms of annul
Forms of annul
| third-person singular present | annuls |
|---|---|
| present participle | annulling |
| past participle | annulled |
| past | annulled |
Origin of annul
From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
Words formed from annul
Words that rhyme with annul
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Questions about annul
- What does annul mean?
- Annul means to formally revoke the validity of.
- What is annul in Hindi?
- Annul in Hindi is निरसन (nirsan). See Annul meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is annul?
- Annul is a verb.
- How do you pronounce annul?
- Annul is pronounced /əˈnʌl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of annul?
- The past tense of annul is annulled.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: annul (page history and authors); annul (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annul (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annul (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annul (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annul (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बाध् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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