negate
/nɪˈɡeɪt/
negate verb: to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
Verb
negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)
- To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
- Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
- Persecution can be negated through exposure.
- To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
- a pessimism that always negates
- To perform the NOT operation on.
negate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
negate in Tamil
- இன்மையாக்கு, இல்லாததாக்கு
negate in Urdu
- انکار کرنا, منسوخ کرنا, نفی کرنا
negate in Bengali
- অস্বীকার, অপলাপ করা, রদ, বাতিল করা
negate in Malayalam
- nullify, invalidate, neutralize
- റദ്ദാക്കുക, ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, ഫലശൂന്യമാക്കുക, അസാധുവാക്കുക, വ്യർത്ഥമാക്കുക, മോഘീകരിക്കുക
- deny, contradict, dispute
- നിഷേധിക്കുക, ഖണ്ഡിക്കുക, ഇല്ലെന്നു പറയുക, തട്ടാമുട്ടിപറയുക, തർക്കിക്കുക, തള്ളുക
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- negate in Kannada
- ಇಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಮಾಡು, ರದ್ದುಪಡಿಸು, ನಿರಾಕರಿಸು, ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸು
- negate in Arabic
- رَفَضَ rafaḍa
Examples of negate in a sentence
- The undemonstrability of what would happen under those conditions does not negate our certainty about what we ought to expect.
- In a negation, the formula being negated is called the negand.
- He utilizes his fight IQ to negate his opponent's advantages and impose his will.
Forms of negate
| third-person singular present | negates |
|---|---|
| present participle | negating |
| past participle | negated |
| past | negated |
Origin of negate
From Latin negātus, perfect passive participle of negō (“to deny, refuse, decline”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from negate
Words that rhyme with negate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
- crate
Questions about negate
- What does negate mean?
- Negate means to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- What is negate in Tamil?
- Negate in Tamil is இன்மையாக்கு, இல்லாததாக்கு. See Negate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is negate?
- Negate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce negate?
- Negate is pronounced /nɪˈɡeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of negate?
- The past tense of negate is negated.
Words near negate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: negate (page history and authors); negate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); negate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); negate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); negate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); negate (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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