Meaning of nix in English

nix
verb [ T ]
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/nɪks/
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to stop, prevent, or refuse to accept something:
The film studio nixed her plans to make a sequel.
Synonyms
disallow
forbid
prohibit
proscribe formal
veto
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Preventing and impeding
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nix
noun [ U ], adverb
US informal
uk
/nɪks/ us
/nɪks/
nothing or no:
All that effort for nix.
I suppose mom will say nix to us going to the movies.
Synonyms
nil
nothing
zilch informal
zip (NOTHING) US informal
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Something, anything, nothing, and everything
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(Definition of nix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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nix
verb [ T ]
  infml
us
/nɪks/
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to stop, forbid, or refuse to accept something:
I hoped to get the day off, but the boss nixed it.
(Definition of nix from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Censorship and pejorative phrases about the prohibitive society are a specious excuse for doing "nix".
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In other words, they will nix be just deputy chairmen but party speakers and voters as well: or will they not?
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I do nix believe that to be the case.
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It was practically down to nix in 1974.
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It is going to happen; and in forward-thinking for the youth movement the difference of a year or two does nix seem to me to matter very much.
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Thus, likely the brook horse preceded the personification of the nix as the man in the rapids.
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That plan was nixed as the facility was not well suited to accommodate the programs.
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In other words, it's a program that lets you log into a (probably nix-based) computer.
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However, the plan was nixed in the 1970s due to an increasing business population.
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However, the networks nixed the idea before any filming could begin.
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The school was threatened with closure in 1982 due to declining enrollment, but because of strong community support, the idea was nixed.
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Buntu nixes the idea, but he retrieves the dead mans identity book to find his address.
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Jurisdictional issues nixed this, and the property has never been put to commercial use, though at one point a large number of peach trees were planted.
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Strong difficulty is nixed, however.
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She then nixed his casting on the grounds it was bad karma, and a great deal of press attention was given to his having almost gotten the role.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
停止, 禁止, 拒絕…
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停止, 禁止, 拒绝…
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