Negate

Definitions: Negate

Negate

Verb

1. Be in contradiction with.

2. Deny the truth of.

3. Prove negative; show to be false.

Date "negate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	To change a position into its opposite. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Negate

Synonyms: belie (v), contradict (v), contravene (v). (additional references)

Antonym: confirm (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Negate

Specialty definitions using "negate": inflight report ♦ ones complement. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I realize such a concept tends to negate our belief in a benevolent God, but yes. (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Soren Kierkegaard	Once you label me you negate me.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Patients who exercise regularly may negate its weight-reducing effects by curtailing their usual activities and by increasing caloric intake. (references)
		The administration of adjuvant therapy must be balanced against the possible deleterious side effects that might negate any beneficial effect. (references)
Business		The conclusion of a multilateral agreement on transparency will not negate existing bilateral and plurilateral commitments on entities and types of procurement covered under the current GPA regime. (references)
Political Economy	NIGERIA	In particular, tariffs on some agricultural commodities remain extremely high and fully negate benefits to U.S. exporters of the Government of Nigeria's lifting of specific commodity import bans. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Negate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 82.80% of the time. "Negate" is used about 93 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 (infinitive)	82.8%	77	37,929
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.83%	11	106,044
Noun (singular)	5.38%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	93	N/A

Expression using "negate": to negate. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "negate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shfuqizoj (abolish, abrogate, invalidate, negative, nullify, repeal, rescind), mohoj (abnegate, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negative, rat, refuse, repudiate, retract, set aside), anuloj (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, void, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic		‏فسخ (abrogate, annul, annulment, countermand, defeat, invalidate, invalidation, nullify, repeal, repudiation, rescind, rescission, revocation, revoke, void), ‏نكر (contradict, controvert, deny, deny oneself, disallow, disbelieve, disclaim, gainsay, negative, rebut, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, unreel), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian		служа като отрицание на, отричам (abnegate, denounce, disclaim, gainsay, negative, proscribe, renounce, repudiate, retract, testify against), обезсилвам (enervate, enfeeble, invalidate, nullify), анулирам (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, blank, countermand, disannul, invalidate, nullify, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, unmake, write off). (various references)

Chinese		否定 (Negation, repudiate, repudiated, Repudiating). (various references)

Czech		negovat, vylouèit (debar, disqualify, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, pip, preclude, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out), popírat (contradict, controvert, deny). (various references)

Danish		negere. (various references)

Dutch		negatie (negation, NOT operation). (various references)

Farsi		منفی کردن (Negation), خنثی کردن (Annul, Counteract, Counterbalance, Discomfit, Negation, Neuter, Neutralize, Offset, Stultify, Thwart, Undo), بلااثرکردن (Vitiate). (various references)

Finnish		kääntää (convert, fold, to turn, to turn up, translate, turn, turn around, turn round), invertoida. (various references)

French		nier. (various references)

German		negieren (deny), verneinen (abnegate, answer in the negative, deny, dispute, obeisance). (various references)

Greek		αρνούμαι (abnegate, dcline, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, gainsay, negative, rebuff, refuse). (various references)

Hebrew		לשלול (bereave, contradict, deny, deprive, disapprove, rebut, refuse, veto). (various references)

Hungarian		tagad (deny, disavow, disbelieve, gainsaid, nay, to disavow, to disclaim, to disown, to gainsay, to negate, to negative, to renege, to traverse), ellenez (have objections, negative, oppose, resent, to balk, to discourage, to mind, to object, to object to sg, to raise objection, to traverse). (various references)

Indonesian		menyangkal (confute, contradict, controvert, deny, disclaim, disprove, gainsay), meniadakan (abolish, counteract, eliminate, nullify), mengingkari (disaffirm, disavow, disown). (various references)

Italian		negare (abnegate, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, refuse, repudiate, unsay, withhold). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"消す (to contradict, to deny, to negate), �"ち消す (to contradict, to deny, to negate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うちけす (to contradict, to deny, to negate). (various references)

Manx		obbal (abnegate; refusal, abnegation, abstain, abstention, decline, denial, denounce, denunciation, deny, disavow, disavowal, disclaim, disown, forbid, go against, jib, negation, refuse, refusing, refutation, refute, self-denial, turn down, turn down refuse), jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse). (various references)

Pig Latin		egatenay.(various references)

Portuguese		negar (abnegate, contradict, debar, deny, disavow, disclaimer, discreditable, disparage, gainsay, negative, repudiate, sublate, to negate, whittle down, withhold). (various references)

Romanian		neutraliza (cancel, cancel out, correct, negative, neutralize), nega (abjure, challenge, deny, disaffirm, disavow, gainsay, impugn, negative, repudiate, traverse), tãgãdui (abnegate, contest, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negative), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate). (various references)

Russian		отрицать (abnegate, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, gainsay, refuse to acknowledge, say no, traverse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		negirati, poništavati, odricati (disaffirm). (various references)

Spanish		negar (abnegate, cut, decry, deny, disclaim, disprove, gainsay, negative, refuse, to negate). (various references)

Swedish		negera, förneka (abnegate, deny, disclaim, disown, gainsay, repudiate). (various references)

Thai		ลบล้าง, ปฏิเสธ (gainsay, reject, spurn). (various references)

Turkish		reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), iptal etmek (abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, blank out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare off, disaffirm, disallow, invalidate, irritate, nullify, overrule, quash, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, setaside, stultify, suspend, vacate, void, wash out, write off), inkâr etmek (abnegate, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, go back on, repudiate), aksini ispatlamak (confute, disproof, explode, refute). (various references)

Ukranian		спростовувати (confute, demolish, deny, disapprove, disprove, negative, nill, overturn, rebut, refute, repulse), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), зводити на нівець, заперечувати існування чогось. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "negate": negated, negater, negaters, negates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "negate": abnegate. (additional references)
	Words containing "negate": abnegated, abnegates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Negate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: begate, degate, egate, Enogat, Megatech, Nabataea, Nagast, nagate, nagato, naha-te, namaste, Neagoe, neata, neate, neato, Necati, nega, negadi, Negage, Negale, negare, Negarty, negat, negatee, negater, negator, Negere, negets, negidal, negote, Negue, neguse, neigate, Nejat, Nekemte, Nenashev, Neugarten, newgate, Newgeat, Ngare, Ngati, Ngatia, Ngbase, Nguti, ngwane, nigate, noate, Nogaret, Nogat, norate, Norgate, notage, nugat, nyugati, regate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "negate" (pronounced nigā"t)
3	-g ā" t	conjugate, gait, gate.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-n-t"
	-1 letter: agene, agent, eaten, enate, genet, tenge.
	-2 letters: agee, ante, etna, gaen, gane, gate, gene, gent, geta, gnat, neat, tang, teen.
	-3 letters: age, ane, ant, ate, eat, eng, eta, gae, gan, gat, gee, gen, get, nae, nag, nee, net, tae, tag, tan, tea, tee, teg, ten.
	-4 letters: ae, ag, an, at, en, et, na, ne, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-n-t"
	+1 letter: elegant, gatemen, grantee, greaten, negated, negater, negates, reagent, teenage, tentage, thenage, ventage.
	+2 letters: abnegate, agenetic, agentive, antigene, elongate, entangle, estrange, galenite, gelatine, geminate, generate, grantees, gratinee, greatens, interage, legatine, negaters, negative, reagents, regental, sergeant, tangence, teenaged, teenager, tegmenta, tentages, thenages, vegetant, ventages.
	+3 letters: abnegated, abnegates, agentives, agentries, agreement, anglesite, antigenes, argentine, argentite, augmented, augmenter, clientage, defeating, denigrate, designate, eglantine, elegantly, elevating, elongated, elongates, engrafted, entangled, entangler, entangles, entourage, estranged, estranger, estranges, galenites, gantelope, gantleted, garmented, gelatines, geminated, geminates, generated, generates, generator, genetical, gentleman, germinate, gestalten, gratineed, gratinees, greatened, greatness, guarantee, inelegant, integrate, magnesite, magnetise, magnetite, magnetize, margented, neatening, negatived, negatives, negotiate, newsagent, oxygenate, parentage, pentangle, rectangle, regranted, reheating, repeating, reseating, reteaming, retearing, segmental, segregant, sergeants, sergeanty, stingaree, tangences, tangerine, teaseling, teazeling, teenagers, tegmental, teratogen, wagonette.
	+4 letters: agreements, anecdotage, anglesites, anteceding, antimerger, argentines, argentites, augmenters, autogenies, baronetage, besteading, centigrade, clientages, congregate, deaerating, defecating, degenerate, delegating, delegation, denegation, denigrated, denigrates, dermatogen, designated, designates, dewatering, diagenetic, eglantines, emarginate, emendating, enervating, engagement, entanglers, entourages, entreating, ergotamine, escheating, estrangers, estreating, evangelist, execrating, feathering, federating, fragmented, gantelopes, garnierite, gastnesses, gauntleted, gelatinize, generalist, generality, generating, generation, generative, generators, generatrix, geniculate, germinated, germinates, giantesses, goaltender, gravestone, greatening, greenheart, guaranteed, guarantees, halogenate, hatemonger, heartening, hebetating, homogenate, impregnate, ingathered, integrable, integrated, integrates, intergrade, interregna, interstage, leafleting, leathering, magnesites, magnetised, magnetises, magnetites, magnetized, magnetizer, magnetizes, management, mangosteen, negatively, negotiable, negotiated, negotiates, newsagents, outgeneral, overeating, oxygenated, oxygenates, pangenetic, parentages, pentangles, percentage, permeating, pregenital, preheating, ravagement, realtering, reargument, recreating, rectangles, reenacting, regelating, regenerate, regimental, relegating, relegation, reteaching, retreading, retreating, segmentary, segregants, steamering, stingarees, strangered, superagent, tangencies, tangerines, tanglement, teaselling, teazelling, teratogens, vegetarian, vegetating, vegetation, venenating, venerating, wagonettes, wavelength, weathering.
	+5 letters: abridgement, anecdotages, anteverting, argumentive, arrangement, assuagement, atherogenic, attempering, baronetages, beardtongue, becarpeting, bequeathing, betattering, celebrating, cerebrating, cogenerator, congealment, congregated, congregates, degenerated, degenerates, delegations, delineating, demagnetize, denegations, denervating, denigrative, deoxygenate, deprecating, depredating, derangement, dermatogens, desecrating, designative, detasseling, deuterating, disentangle, engagements, engraftment, enlargement, ensheathing, enucleating, enumerating, enwreathing, ergotamines, evangelists, eventuating, everlasting, exonerating, extenuating, exuberating, featherings, ferrimagnet, ferromagnet, fragmentate, fragmentize, gametogenic, garnierites, gatekeeping, gauntnesses, geanticline, gelatinized, gelatinizes, genealogist, generalists, generations, genetically, genialities, geniculated, gentlemanly, gentlewoman, geobotanies, geomagnetic, germinative, gigantesque, glabrescent, glycerinate, goaltenders, governorate, granitelike, graniteware, gratineeing, gravestones, greasepaint, greatnesses, greenhearts, halogenated, halogenates, hatemongers, homogenates, hydrogenate, impregnated, impregnates, inelegantly, integrative, interagency, interchange, intergraded, intergrades, interrogate, investigate, langbeinite, leafletting, libertinage, magnetizers, managements, mangosteens, megatonnage, metageneses, metagenesis, metagenetic, mutageneses, mutagenesis, nearsighted, nitrogenase, nondelegate, nonnegative, outgenerals, overbeating, overgarment, overheating, pacesetting, pageantries, paragenetic, pedestaling, penetrating, percentages, peregrinate, perennating, pomegranate, praelecting, preenacting, pretreating, ravagements, reaccenting, reaccepting, realignment, rearguments, rearresting, reasserting, recarpeting, redefeating, reeducating, refastening, refrigerant, regathering, regenerated, regenerates, regenerator, regimentals, reintegrate, reiterating, rejacketing, relegations, remarketing, remastering, remediating, renegotiate, reoperating, rerepeating, retargeting, rethreading, segmentally, segregating, segregation, sergeanties, staginesses, steelmaking, strangeness, superagents, talebearing, tanglements, teetotaling, telecasting, teratogenic, threatening, tiebreaking, tragedienne, transgender, undelegated, undereating, unregulated, vegetarians, vegetations, vinaigrette, wavelengths, weatherings, witenagemot.
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