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- [void]
- /vɔɪd/
- /vɔɪd/
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- [void]
- /vɔɪd/
Definitions of void word
- adjective void Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable. 1
- adjective void useless; ineffectual; vain. 1
- adjective void devoid; destitute (usually followed by of): a life void of meaning. 1
- adjective void without contents; empty. 1
- adjective void without an incumbent, as an office. 1
- adjective void Mathematics. (of a set) empty. 1
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Origin of void
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (adj.) Middle English voide < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (v.) Middle English voiden < Anglo-French voider, Old French < Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun) derivative of the adj.
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Parts of speech for Void
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
void popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
void usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for void
verb void
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
noun void
- absence — Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
- abyss — An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground.
- barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren
- big eyes — any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes.
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
adj void
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- all gone — finished, used up
- alveolate — having many alveoli
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
adjective void
- annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- avoided — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- canceled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- exanimate — Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
Antonyms for void
noun void
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- confirmation — the act of confirming
- distension — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
adj void
- blow by blow — precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- choate — Rufus1799-1859; U.S. lawyer
- clocklike — as precise or regular as a clock
- full — completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
verb void
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
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