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Definition: Invalidating |
InvalidatingAdjective1. Establishing as invalid or untrue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "invalidating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonym: InvalidatingSynonym: disconfirming (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: invalidate (law). |
Crosswords: Invalidating |
| Etymologies containing "invalidating": invalidate. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Without at all invalidating what we have just said, we believe that a perpetual remembrance of the tomb is proper for the living. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | On July 11, the Government of Cyprus, where many of Egypt's offshore publications were licensed, issued new regulations effectively invalidating all such licenses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Invalidating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Invalidating" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 82.35% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "invalidating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 退役 (decommission, invalidate, invalidated). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | invalidant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | entkräftend (devitalizing, enfeebling, rebutting). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ακυρωτικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | invalidatingay аннулировать аннулирующий. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Invalidating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: invaginating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "invalidating" (pronounced i'nva"ludā'ting) |
| 9 | -v a" l u d ā' t i ng | validating. |
| 7 | -l u d ā' t i ng | consolidating. |
| 6 | -u d ā' t i ng | accommodating, intimidating, liquidating. |
| 5 | -d ā' t i ng | inundating, mandating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intoxicating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, laminating, legislating, levitating, liberating, litigating, locating, lubricating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stagnating, stimulating, stipulating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, terminating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, urinating, vacillating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-i-i-i-l-n-n-t-v" | |
-2 letters: invaliding, validating. | |
-3 letters: digitalin. | |
-4 letters: anviling, availing, aviating, dilating, divining, galivant, inditing, invading, inviting, vigilant. | |
-5 letters: alining, anginal, datival, dialing, digital, dinting, gliadin, ignatia, initial, intagli, invalid, invital, landing, nailing, tailing, vaginal, vailing, valiant, vialing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 76 61 6C 69 64 61 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ...- .- .-.. .. -.. .- - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01110110 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n v a l i d a t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0076 0061 006C 0069 0064 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438088677875706786758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, китайский, китаец |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, французский |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, немецкий |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, греческий, грек |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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