Definitions of NIL [ɪl]

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Definition of 'NIL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nil
nothing; naught; zero.

2. (adj.) nil
having no value or existence.

Etymology: (1805–15; < L nīl, var. (by apocope) of nīlum, contr. of nihilum nothing =ni (var. of ne not) +hīlum trifle)

Definition of 'NIL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
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"

Definition of 'NIL'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) nil
non-existent, none
He decided the chances of them being caught were nil.

2. nil
indicates zero, in sports scores
The score was one nil.

Definition of 'NIL'

Webster Dictionary

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

2. (verb) NIL
will not

Definitions of 'NIL'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

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.

Translation of 'NIL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (in scoring) nothing; zero Leeds United won two-nil / by two goals to nil.
Afrikaans: niks, nul	Arabic: صِفْر، لا شيء	Bulgarian: нула
Brazilian: zero	Czech: nic, nula	German: die Null
Danish: nul	Greek: μηδέν, τίποτα	Spanish: cero
Estonian: null	Farsi: صفر	Finnish: nolla
French: rien, zéro	Hebrew: אֶפֶס	Hindi: शून्य
Croatian: ništa	Hungarian: nulla	Indonesian: nol
Icelandic: núll, ekkert	Italian: zero	Japanese: 無
Korean: (경기 득점의) 영점	Lithuanian: nulis	Latvian: nulle
Malay: tidak ada langsung	Dutch: nul	Norwegian: null
Polish: zero	Persian: صفر	Pashto: صفر
Portuguese: zero	Romanian: zero; nimic	Russian: ноль
Slovak: nič, nula	Slovenian: nič	Serbian: nula
Swedish: ingenting, noll	Thai: จำนวนศูนย์	Turkish: sıfır, hiç
Taiwanese: 無，零	Ukrainian: нічого, нуль	Urdu: صفر، کچھ بھي نہيں
Vietnamese: không	Chinese: 无，零
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