MEANING
To cancel something formally by declaring that it has no valid force.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- annul a marriage
- annul a decision
On the page
The judgment annulled the transfer of the house.
They sought to annul a marriage neither family had freely chosen.
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Word forms
- Base
- annul
- Past tense
- annulled
- Past participle
- annulled
- Present participle
- annulling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- annul
- Present continuous
- am/is/are annulling
- Present perfect
- have/has annulled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been annulling
- Past
- annulled
- Past continuous
- was/were annulling
- Past perfect
- had annulled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been annulling
- Future
- will annul
- Future continuous
- will be annulling
- Future perfect
- will have annulled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been annulling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: annul; annuls; annulled; annulled; annulling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: annuls.
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