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Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.
George Ayittey

Meaning of "nullify" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NULLIFY

From Late Latin nullificāre to despise, from Latin nullus of no account + facere to make.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NULLIFY

nullify  [ˈnʌlɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NULLIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nullify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb nullify in English.

WHAT DOES NULLIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nullification

Nullification may refer to: ▪ Nullification, the legal principle that any federal enactment which is not "made in Pursuance" of the Constitution under Article VI, Clause 2 is ipso facto null and void. ▪ Nullification Crisis, the 1832 confrontation between the U.S. government and South Carolina over the latter's attempt to nullify a federal law ▪ Ordinance of Nullification ▪ Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's ability to deliver a verdict knowingly in contradiction to written law ▪ Nullification, a form of body modification involving the voluntary removal of body parts...

Definition of nullify in the English dictionary

The definition of nullify in the dictionary is to render legally void or of no effect. Other definition of nullify is to render ineffective or useless; cancel out.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NULLIFY

PRESENT

Present
I nullify
you nullify
he/she/it nullifies
we nullify
you nullify
they nullify
Present continuous
I am nullifying
you are nullifying
he/she/it is nullifying
we are nullifying
you are nullifying
they are nullifying
Present perfect
I have nullified
you have nullified
he/she/it has nullified
we have nullified
you have nullified
they have nullified
Present perfect continuous
I have been nullifying
you have been nullifying
he/she/it has been nullifying
we have been nullifying
you have been nullifying
they have been nullifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I nullified
you nullified
he/she/it nullified
we nullified
you nullified
they nullified
Past continuous
I was nullifying
you were nullifying
he/she/it was nullifying
we were nullifying
you were nullifying
they were nullifying
Past perfect
I had nullified
you had nullified
he/she/it had nullified
we had nullified
you had nullified
they had nullified
Past perfect continuous
I had been nullifying
you had been nullifying
he/she/it had been nullifying
we had been nullifying
you had been nullifying
they had been nullifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will nullify
you will nullify
he/she/it will nullify
we will nullify
you will nullify
they will nullify
Future continuous
I will be nullifying
you will be nullifying
he/she/it will be nullifying
we will be nullifying
you will be nullifying
they will be nullifying
Future perfect
I will have nullified
you will have nullified
he/she/it will have nullified
we will have nullified
you will have nullified
they will have nullified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been nullifying
you will have been nullifying
he/she/it will have been nullifying
we will have been nullifying
you will have been nullifying
they will have been nullifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would nullify
you would nullify
he/she/it would nullify
we would nullify
you would nullify
they would nullify
Conditional continuous
I would be nullifying
you would be nullifying
he/she/it would be nullifying
we would be nullifying
you would be nullifying
they would be nullifying
Conditional perfect
I would have nullify
you would have nullify
he/she/it would have nullify
we would have nullify
you would have nullify
they would have nullify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been nullifying
you would have been nullifying
he/she/it would have been nullifying
we would have been nullifying
you would have been nullifying
they would have been nullifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you nullify
we let´s nullify
you nullify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to nullify
Past participle
nullified
Present Participle
nullifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NULLIFY


alkalify
ˈælkəlɪˌfaɪ
amplify
ˈæmplɪˌfaɪ
anglicize
ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ
anglify
ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ
chylify
ˈkaɪlɪˌfaɪ
coalify
ˈkəʊlɪˌfaɪ
disqualify
dɪsˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
exemplify
ɪɡˈzɛmplɪˌfaɪ
jellify
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfaɪ
jollify
ˈdʒɒlɪˌfaɪ
mollify
ˈmɒlɪˌfaɪ
oversimplify
ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
prequalify
priːˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
qualify
ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
requalify
riːˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
salify
ˈsælɪˌfaɪ
simplify
ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
stellify
ˈstɛlɪˌfaɪ
uglify
ˈʌɡlɪˌfaɪ
vilify
ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NULLIFY

null hypothesis
nulla-nulla
nullah
Nullarbor Plain
nulli secundus
nullification
nullifidian
nullified
nullifier
nullifies
nulling
nullipara
nulliparae
nulliparity
nulliparous
nullipore
nullities
nullity
nullity suit
nullness

WORDS THAT END LIKE NULLIFY

certify
clarify
classify
diversify
identify
indemnify
intensify
justify
magnify
modify
notify
purify
quantify
rectify
signify
specify
testify
unify
unqualify
verify

Synonyms and antonyms of nullify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NULLIFY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nullify» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nullify

Translation of «nullify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NULLIFY

Find out the translation of nullify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nullify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nullify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废除
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anular
570 millions of speakers

English

nullify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उठा देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلغاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свести на нет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতিল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annuler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Batalkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

annullieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無効にする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무효
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nullify
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ணம் பயனற்றதானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रद्द करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçersiz kılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

annullare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unieważnić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звести нанівець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακυρώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

niet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omintetgör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opphever
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nullify

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NULLIFY»

The term «nullify» is regularly used and occupies the 60.325 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NULLIFY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nullify

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «NULLIFY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nullify.
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George Ayittey
Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.
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Henry A. Wise
I will not nullify, I will not secede, but I will under sovereign State authority fight in the Union another revolutionary conflict for civil liberty, and a Union which will defend it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NULLIFY»

Discover the use of nullify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nullify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Power of Congress to Nullify Supreme Court Decisions
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law.
Dormin J. Ettrude, 2010
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Meditation and Kabbalah
You cannot be worthy of this, however, unless you first nullify yourself. It is impossible to nullify yourself, however, without Hitbodedut-meditation. When you meditate and express your spontaneous thoughts before God, you can be worthy of ...
Aryeh Kaplan, 1995
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Mishna brura:
If /this oil/ mixed with other oil and there is not sixty /times as much of the permitted oil/ to nullify /the forbidden oil/, there is /an authority/ who says (20) that one should not add /permitted oil/ to /the mixture/ in order to nullify '* /the forbidden oil/.
Aviel Orenstein, 1999
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Querp Modern - Heroes
NULLIFY cost: varies No matter how powerful a Hero is, there is always someone who can best them. For some foes the best way to defeat a Hero‛s powers is to simply remove them from the equation. Typically, Nullify will happen through the  ...
Phil Thomas
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How the Halakhah Unfolds
One who bows down to an idol can nullify it, and one who does not bow down to an idol may not nullify it? Or perhaps the rule is that anyone who is one of them [a gentile, whether or not an idolater] can nullify it, and this one is one of them?
Jacob Neusner, 2006
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Everyone's Guide to Demons & Spiritual Warfare
I nullify every satanic decree against my life, in the name of Jesus. I nullify every satanic desire upon my life by the blood of Jesus, in Jesus' name. I nullify every satanic expectation concerning my life, in the name of Jesus. I nullify every satanic ...
Ron Phillips, 2010
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In Dark Alleys the Role Playing Game
Example: Severed Hand; Area; Nullify: Sound (2), Transport: Thrown (1); Blockable (1), Noisy (2), Slow (1). Sample Character Creation – Power Creation Rules Our sample character, Maggie Hernandez, is going to be a Hero with the ...
Brian St.Claire-King
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Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions : ...
Case 11–10: Sue Nami, Ph.D., and her ex-client Marsha Nullify fully expected that they would get along exceptionally well because the therapy experience was extremely positive for both of them. However, Nullify found Dr. Nami overbearing  ...
Gerald P. Koocher Dean of the Graduate School of Health Studies Simmons College, Patricia Keith-Spiegel Voran Honors Distinguished Professor (Emerita) of Social and Behavioral Sciences Ball State University, 2007
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The Fortran 2003 Handbook: The Complete Syntax, Features and ...
6.7.2 NULLIFY Statement The NULLIFY statement causes a pointer to be disassociated from any target. Unless initialized, pointers have an initial association status that is undefined. One way to give a pointer a defined association status of ...
Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Richard A. Hendrickson, 2008
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An Introduction to Fortran 90/95 : Syntax and Programming
In order to declare it in clear terms that the variable is no more required to refer to any memory location, we must nullify the variable. The NULLIFY statement forces the variable to have a null memory address. Its syntax is given below: NULLIFY ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NULLIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nullify is used in the context of the following news items.
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Oxford coach hoping to nullify Barrow boys
Oxford RL coach Tim Rumford will be hoping history doesn't repeat itself when they entertain Barrow Raiders at the Prince of Wales Stadium in ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
2
National TV News Silent On Congressional Plan To Prevent …
Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Passed By The House Would Nullify States' Laws On Food Labels. On July 23, the House of Representatives passed ... «Media Matters for America, Jul 15»
3
Your language does not behove the stature of Delhi CM, LG tells CM …
The DCW is a quasi-judicial body and any infirmity in appointment of the Chairperson and Members could nullify actions taken by them and ... «indiatvnews.com, Jul 15»
4
Lawsuits challenging Wynn's casino license cost nearly $1.5M
The cities, which each have filed separate lawsuits, want the court to nullify the commission's decision and revoke Wynn's casino license. «Wicked Local Somerset, Jul 15»
5
Louisiana: "Lone White Male" Fatally Shoots Two in Movie Theater
The measure would nullify existing GMO labeling laws, which have passed but not yet taken effect in Vermont, Connecticut and Maine. Dubbed ... «Democracy Now!, Jul 15»
6
FAA Forced to Break Silence on Hiring Scandal
FAA sources say Feder was disgusted with FAA senior managers who refused to nullify clauses in existing contracts which break the law and ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
7
Surprise! Another Mass Shooting In A Gun-Free Zone
Mandated gun-free zones nullify that right. They tell the individuals within their boundaries that they have a right to be victims, and nothing more ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
8
The Daily 202: Trump wears white golf shoes to tour the border
If enacted into law, it would nullify labeling laws that already have passed but have yet to take effect in three states — Vermont, Connecticut and ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
The battle lines are drawn: Rightwing neosecession or Third …
In just its first two weeks the new legislature: (1) became the only state to nullify all federally mandated and funded extensions to unemployment ... «People's World, Jul 15»
10
Experts Laud Court Decision Against Increase In Electricity Tariff
Justice Mohammed Idris renewed the order after striking out the NERC's preliminary objection and application to nullify the order. A Lawyer and ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

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