NEGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negate mean? 

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

1. be in contradiction with

2. deny the truth of

3. prove negative; show to be false

4. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

  Familiarity information: NEGATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they negate    ... he / she / it negates   
Past simple: negated   
Past participle: negated   
-ing form: negating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be in contradiction with

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

belie; contradict; negate

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

depart; deviate; diverge; vary (be at variance with; be out of line with)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

negation ((logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deny the truth of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

contradict; contravene; negate

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

differ; disagree; dissent; take issue (be of different opinions)

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

deny (declare untrue; contradict)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

negation (the speech act of negating)

negation (a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement)

negative (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Prove negative; show to be false

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

contradict; negate

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

demonstrate; establish; prove; shew; show (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)

Domain category:

logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)

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

invalidate; nullify (show to be invalid)

confute; disprove (prove to be false)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Antonym:

affirm (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)

Derivation:

negative (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

negate; neutralise; neutralize; nullify

Context example:

This action will negate the effect of my efforts

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

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

This test negates the need for thermal cyclers and may be a low cost alternative to PCR.

(Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification, NCI Thesaurus)

The muscular contraction induced by the stretching works against or negates further muscle stretch.

(Muscle Spindle, NCI Thesaurus)