nullifying
nullifying is the present participle and gerund of nullify.
Meaning of nullify
Verb
nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)
- To make legally invalid.
- Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash
- To prevent from happening.
- To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
- The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.1843, The Metropolitan - Volume 36, page 52
Noun
nullifying (plural nullifyings)
- The act or process by which something is nullified.
- It was characteristic of English liberal laws that English society did not experience any nullifyings even in times of political change […]2000, Tamás Ungvári, The "Jewish Question" in Europe: The Case of Hungary, page 35
Forms of nullifying
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Words formed from nullifying
Questions about nullifying
- What does nullifying mean?
- Nullifying means the act or process by which something is nullified.
- What is nullifying the present participle and gerund of?
- Nullifying is the present participle and gerund of nullify.
- What part of speech is nullifying?
- Nullifying is a noun.
- What is the plural of nullifying?
- The plural of nullifying is nullifyings.
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