Definitions for NIL
nɪlnil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zipponoun

   a quantity of no importance

   "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nilnoun

   A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nilnoun

   No, not any.

2. nilnoun

   Nothing; zero.

3. Etymology: From nil, a contraction of nihil, nihilum. See nihilism.

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1. NIL

   NIL is an acronym that stands for "nothing" or "zero." It refers to the absence or nonexistence of something, indicating the lack of a value, quantity, or substance. In various contexts, it can represent the absence of information, a score of zero in a game or sport, or a vacant position or unused space.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nilverb

   will not

2. Nil

   nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping

3. Etymology: [See Nill, v. t.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NIL

   No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the ‘-P’ convention. Most hackers assume this derives simply from LISP terminology for ‘false’ (see also T), but NIL as a negative reply was well-established among radio hams decades before the advent of LISP. The historical connection between early hackerdom and the ham radio world was strong enough that this may have been an influence.

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1. NIL

   What does NIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NIL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nil is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nil surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nil.
   
   50.9% or 53 total occurrences were Asian.
   17.3% or 18 total occurrences were White.
   16.3% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   9.6% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.7% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Relative Quantity

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NIL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1327

Anagrams for NIL »

1. Lin

2. lin

How to pronounce NIL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say NIL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of NIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of NIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of NIL in a Sentence

1. Hari Man Lama:

   I've had all my reservations cancelled. I have nil bookings left, this disaster is going to bring a big loss to the travel industry and to the tens of thousands of people who depend on the tourists for their livelihood.

2. Brandon Brown:

   At this time the odds of getting Ebola in the U.S. are close to nil,( but) what the survey shows us is that the understanding of Ebola and how its transmitted is REALLY low, we have to expect that one day there will be another epidemic that has the capacity to enter our borders, and if we don’t know how it is transmitted, we ca n’t protect ourselves properly.

3. Jay Clark on Wednesday:

   It’s not about Olivia or NIL or social media, it’s just I guess sort of the sense of entitlement that some people feel they can behave a certain way and that what we saw go on out there was a behavior that I didn’t think was appropriate, that’s not normal autograph seeking behavior, you know, engagement with an athlete with fans and that kind of stuff. There was a, there was a mob sense to that scene that that was very disconcerting to me and that’s what I hope is not going to become the norm.

4. Steve Sarkisian:

   The rules say you’re not supposed to recruit a kid until he gets in the portal, but I think we can agree that there’s a lot of people on our rosters who are getting recruited who are not in the portal yet. And that’s the dangerous part — people recruiting your own players before they even want to get in the portal. And then enticing them with NIL opportunities down the road. I get the idea behind NIL, but a lot of times rules get made, and sometimes we don’t think about the consequences that arise from them down the road.

5. Woody Haldrugold:

   I have a word "Nil", you have a word "Be". You are jealous of me because the "Nil". I'm sorry for you because you're trying to hold on to the "Be".

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=NIL
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=NIL
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nil
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NIL
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Nil
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html