negate
Cancel out or make ineffective
Examples
In a meeting
“This error negates all the progress we made last week.”
Over coffee
“Eating dessert after dinner kind of negates the healthy lunch I had.”
Why this word
cancel
Negate means to nullify or make ineffective, often logically, while cancel means to call off or invalidate
deny
Negate emphasizes making something void or proving false, while deny means to refuse or declare untrue
undo
Negate is more formal and emphasizes logical nullification, while undo means to reverse an action
Usage tip
Use when something cancels out or nullifies the effect of something else
Etymology
Latin 'negare' (to deny)
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