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invalidates

invalidates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of invalidate.

Meaning of invalidate

Verb

invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)

  1. To make invalid (especially in to contract law)
    • The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.
    Synonyms:
    extinguish, nullify
  2. To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
    • The multiplicity of moral opinions is an empirical fact and does not invalidate the contention that there is only one morality par excellence.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  3. To render invalid; discredit.
    • Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.

Questions about invalidates

What is invalidates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Invalidates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of invalidate.

Words near invalidates in the dictionary

  1. invalid out
  2. invalid stout
  3. invalid stouts
  4. invalidate
  5. invalidated
  6. invalidates
  7. invalidateth
  8. invalidating
  9. invalidation
  10. invalidations
  11. invalidator

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