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1. (pron.) nothing
no thing; not anything; naught:
to say nothing.
2. nothing
no part, share, or trace:
The house showed nothing of its former splendor.
3. nothing
something of no importance, significance, or value:
Money is nothing to him.
4. nothing
something that is nonexistent.
5. nothing
something that is without quantity or magnitude.
6. nothing
no great effort, trouble, etc.:
Nothing to it.
7. (n.) nothing
a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark:
to exchange nothings.
8. nothing
a person of little or no importance; a nobody.
9. nothing
nonexistence; nothingness.
10. nothing
a cipher or naught; zero.
11. (adv.) nothing
in no respect or degree; not at all:
It was nothing like that.
12. (adj.) nothing
amounting to nothing:
a nothing job.
13. nothing
free of charge.
14. nothing
for no apparent reason or motive.
15. nothing
futilely; to no avail.
16. nothing
Informal. certainly not.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE nānthing, nathing)
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| Definition of 'nothing' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) 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"
2. (adverb) nothing
in no respect; to no degree
"he looks nothing like his father"
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1. (pronoun) nothing
not anything
There is nothing in the box.; Are you sure nothing's wrong?; He had nothing to say.
2. nothing
sth that is not important in any way
Words mean nothing without actions.; The movie was nothing special.
3. nothing
for nothing
without having to pay
He gave it to me for nothing.
4. nothing
without a good reason
I did all that work for nothing.
5. nothing
have nothing to do with
to be unrelated to
He believes luck has nothing to do with success.
6. nothing
to not concern sb and not need their involvement
This discussion has nothing to do with you.
7. nothing
there's nothing better/worse than
used to say sth is very enjoyable/not very enjoyable
There's nothing better than ice cream on a hot day.
8. nothing
nothing like
not at all similar to
It was nothing like his first movie.
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| Definition of 'nothing' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) nothing
in no degree; not at all; in no wise
2. (noun) nothing
not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something
3. (noun) nothing
nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness
4. (noun) nothing
a thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle
5. (noun) nothing
a cipher; naught
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| Definitions of 'nothing' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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nothing
1. A negative which is the reality behind every ghostly affirmative.
2. Something that has density without weight, like a barber's breath.
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Sense: no thing; not anything
There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.
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 Afrikaans: niks |
 Arabic: لا شَيء |
 Bulgarian: нищо |
 Brazilian: nada |
 Czech: nic |
 German: nichts |
 Danish: ingenting; ikke noget; in |
 Greek: τίποτα |
 Spanish: nada |
 Estonian: mitte midagi |
 Farsi: هیچی |
 Finnish: ei mitään |
 French: rien |
 Hebrew: שום דָבַר |
 Hindi: कुछ नहीं |
 Croatian: ništa |
 Hungarian: semmi |
 Indonesian: tidak ada apa-apa |
 Icelandic: ekkert |
 Italian: niente |
 Japanese: 何も～ない |
 Korean: 아무것도 …아니다 |
 Lithuanian: niekas |
 Latvian: nekas |
 Malay: tiada apa |
 Dutch: niets |
 Norwegian: ingenting, ikke noe, inte |
 Polish: nic |
 Persian: هيچ چيز |
 Pashto: هيڅ هم نه |
 Portuguese: nada |
 Romanian: nimic |
 Russian: ничто; ничего |
 Slovak: nič |
 Slovenian: nič |
 Serbian: ništa |
 Swedish: inget, ingenting |
 Thai: ไม่มีอะไร |
 Turkish: hiçbir şey |
 Taiwanese: 沒有任何東西，沒有任何事 |
 Ukrainian: ніщо, нічого |
 Urdu: کچھ نہيں، کچھ بھي نہيں |
 Vietnamese: không có gì |
 Chinese: 没有东西，没有事情 |
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