Nix Meaning in English

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US

/ˈnɪks/

NIKS

UK

/nˈɪks/

NIKS

التعريف

To reject, cancel, or stop something, often before it happens. Usually used in informal spoken English.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Nix' is slang and most common in American English. Used mainly in speech, rarely in writing. It can be used as a verb ('Let’s nix that idea') or as a noun in phrases ('That’s a nix from me'). Not as strong as 'ban,' but more decisive than 'skip.'

• Spanish: cancelar - rechazar (informal)
• Portuguese (BR): cancelar - vetar (informal)
• Portuguese (PT): cancelar - vetar (informal)
• Chinese (Simplified): 取消 (口语) - 否决 (口语)
• Chinese (Traditional): 取消 (口語) - 否決 (口語)
• Hindi: रद्द करना (अमौपचारिक) - मना करना (अमौपचारिक)
• Arabic: إلغاء (عامية) - رفض (عامية)
• Bengali: বাতিল করা - খারিজ করা
• Russian: отменить - отклонить - аннулировать
• Japanese: 中止する - やめる
• Vietnamese: hủy bỏ - bác bỏ
• Korean: 취소하다 - 없애다
• Turkish: iptal etmek - vazgeçmek
• Urdu: منسوخ کرنا - رد کرنا
• Indonesian: membatalkan - menolak

جمل نموذجية

They decided to nix the movie plan.

basic

My boss nixed my suggestion.

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They nixed the idea quickly.

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We had to nix pizza night because everyone was busy.

natural

They wanted to go camping, but the bad weather nixed their plans.

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"Let’s nix the morning meeting and just email updates instead," she suggested.

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