Meaning & use
Negates
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Nullifies, cancels out, or makes ineffective (third-person singular of "negate").
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One careless mistake negates all the careful planning that went into the project.
The new evidence negates the earlier theory entirely.
A note on using this word
"Negate" comes from Latin "negare", "to deny"; it can mean either to disprove something or to make it have no effect.
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