MEANING
To cancel the legal force or practical effect of something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- nullify an agreement
- nullify an advantage
On the page
The later ruling nullified the agreement.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- nullify
- Past tense
- nullified
- Past participle
- nullified
- Present participle
- nullifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- nullify
- Present continuous
- am/is/are nullifying
- Present perfect
- have/has nullified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been nullifying
- Past
- nullified
- Past continuous
- was/were nullifying
- Past perfect
- had nullified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been nullifying
- Future
- will nullify
- Future continuous
- will be nullifying
- Future perfect
- will have nullified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been nullifying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: nullify; nullifies; nullified; nullified; nullifying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation, causation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: nullifies.
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