INVALIDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invalidate mean? 

• INVALIDATE (verb)
  The verb INVALIDATE has 4 senses:

1. declare invalid

2. make invalid for use

3. show to be invalid

4. take away the legal force of or render ineffective

  Familiarity information: INVALIDATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVALIDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they invalidate    ... he / she / it invalidates   
Past simple: invalidated   
Past participle: invalidated   
-ing form: invalidating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare invalid

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void

Context example:

void a plea

Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invalidate"):

set aside (annul (a legal decision))

break (invalidate by judicial action)

stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

validate (declare or make legally valid)

Derivation:

invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))

invalidator (an official who can invalidate or nullify)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make invalid for use

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cancel; invalidate

Context example:

cancel cheques or tickets

Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):

mark; score (make underscoring marks)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Show to be invalid

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

invalidate; nullify

Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):

contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

validate (prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

invalidate; vitiate; void

Context example:

invalidate a contract

Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

validate (make valid or confirm the validity of)

Derivation:

invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))