In a sentence
Six example sentences with negate, each labelled with its topic.
A single counterexample negates the claim entirely; one black swan ends any argument about the whiteness of swans.
Philosophy
Three good training weeks are negated by one weekend of no sleep, and the runner starts Monday back at zero.
Fitness
Rising demand negated the efficiency gains entirely: engines improved thirty percent while total fuel burned kept climbing.
Environment
An offensive foul negated the three-pointer, wiping three points off the board and handing the ball back to the visitors.
Basketball
A two percent annual fee negates most of the fund's advantage, leaving investors barely ahead of a plain index tracker.
Finance
Inflation of nine percent negated the year's pay rise entirely, so workers earned more and could buy slightly less.
Economics
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Found in 7 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains negate. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.