Definition of negating Negating

/nɪgejˈtɪŋ/ - [nigeyting] -

We found 3 definitions of negating from 2 different sources.

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What does negating mean?

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  • negating (Verb)
    Present participle of negate.

Part of speech

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  • negating, verb, gerund of negate (infinitive).

WordNet

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Verb

negates, negating, negated  

negate - prove negative; show to be false
  contradict
  affirm, corroborate, substantiate, confirm, sustain, support to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  shew, demonstrate, establish, prove, show march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
  logical system, system of logic, logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
  nullify, invalidate take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"
  confute, disprove prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
negate - deny the truth of
  contradict, contravene
  take issue, differ, disagree, dissent be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
  deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
negate - be in contradiction with
  contradict, belie
  deviate, diverge, vary, depart turn aside; turn away from
negate - make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
  neutralize, neutralise, nullify
  weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
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  • negate
    Say no to something.

Part of speech

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  • negate, verb, present, 1st person singular of negate (infinitive).
  • negate, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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