void

void

 (void)

adj.

1. Containing no matter; empty.

2. Not occupied; unfilled.

3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See Synonyms at empty.

4. Ineffective; useless.

5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.

6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.

n.

1.

a. An empty space.

b. A vacuum.

2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.

3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.

4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.

v. void·ed, void·ing, voids

v.tr.

1. To take out (the contents of something); empty.

2. To excrete (body wastes).

3. To leave; vacate.

4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.

v.intr.

To excrete body wastes.

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[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

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void′er n.

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void

(vɔɪd)

adj

1. without contents; empty

2. (Law) not legally binding: null and void.

3. (of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied

4. (foll by: of) destitute or devoid: void of resources.

5. having no effect; useless: all his efforts were rendered void.

6. (Card Games) (of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit: his spades were void.

n

7. an empty space or area: the huge desert voids of Asia.

8. a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation: his divorce left him in a void.

9. (Card Games) a lack of any cards in one suit: to have a void in spades.

10. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: counter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o

vb (mainly tr)

11. to make ineffective or invalid

12. to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents

13. (Physiology) (also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)

14. archaic to vacate (a place, room, etc)

15. obsolete to expel

[C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty]

ˈvoider n

ˈvoidness n

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void

(vɔɪd)

adj.

1. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.

2. useless; ineffectual; vain.

3. devoid; destitute (usu. fol. by of): a life void of meaning.

4. without contents; empty.

5. without an incumbent, as an office; vacant.

6. (in cards) having no cards in a suit.

n.

7. an empty space; emptiness: He disappeared into the void.

8. a state or feeling of loss or privation: His death left a great void in her life.

9. a gap or opening.

10. a vacancy; vacuum.

11. (in cards) lack of cards in a suit: a void in clubs.

v.t.

12. to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify: to void a check.

13. to empty; discharge; evacuate.

14. to clear or empty (often fol. by of).

15. Archaic. to depart from; vacate.

v.i.

16. to defecate or urinate.

[1250–1300; < Old French « Latin vocīvus, vacīvus unoccupied]

void′a•ble, adj.

void′er, n.

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void

Past participle: voided
Gerund: voiding

Imperative

void

void

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	void - the state of nonexistence nihility, nothingness, nullity nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing thin air - nowhere to be found in a giant void; "it vanished into thin air"
	2.	void - an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" vacancy, vacuum, emptiness space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
Verb	1.	void - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, avoid strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
	2.	void - clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience" empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
	3.	void - take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" vitiate, invalidate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	4.	void - excrete or discharge from the body empty, evacuate egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
Adj.	1.	void - lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" null law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
	2.	void - containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void" empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

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void

noun

1. gap, space, lack, want, hole, blank, emptiness His death has created a void which will never be filled.

2. emptiness, space, vacuum, oblivion, blankness, nullity, vacuity the limitless void of outer space

adjective

1. invalid, null and void, inoperative, useless, ineffective, worthless, ineffectual, unenforceable, nonviable The elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

2. (with of) devoid of, without, lacking, free from, wanting, bereft of, empty of, bare of, destitute of, vacant of His face was void of emotion as he left the room.

verb

1. invalidate, nullify, cancel, withdraw, reverse, undo, repeal, quash, revoke, disallow, retract, repudiate, negate, rescind, annul, abrogate, countermand, render invalid, abnegate The Supreme Court voided his conviction for murder.

Related words
fear kenophobia

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void

adjective

1. Containing nothing:

bare, blank, clear, empty, vacant, vacuous.

2. Not having a desirable element:

barren, destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, wanting.

Idiom: in want of.

noun

1. Empty, unfilled space:

barrenness, emptiness, nothingness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum.

2. A space in an otherwise solid mass:

cavity, hole, hollow, pocket, vacuity.

3. Total absence of matter:

emptiness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum.

4. An interval during which continuity is suspended:

break, gap, hiatus, interim, lacuna.

5. A desolate sense of loss:

blankness, desolation, emptiness, hollowness, vacuum.

verb

1. To remove the contents of:

clean out, clear, empty (out), evacuate, vacate.

2. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:

abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate.

Law: extinguish.

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Translations

بَاطِلخالٍفارِغفَراغلاغٍ، باطِل

neplatnýprázdnoprázdnotabeznemající

tomrumugyldigudensavn

nichtigLeereungültigentleerenleeren

κενόκενός

vacíonuloinválido

mitätöidämitätöntyhjentäätyhjiötyhjyys

videnulrépandresupprimervague

nevažećipraznina

gersneyddurógildurtóm, tómarúm

vuotonullonullo e non validoprivovacuo

無効の空虚な感じ

공허감무효의

negaliojantis

nesaturošsspēkā neesošsspēku zaudējistukšstukšums

leegteongeldigvacuümlegennietig

tomromugyldigvakuumannuleregjøre ugyldig

pozbawionypróżnia

nulovazioanularesvaziarevacuar

пустойпустота

prázdno

praznina

ogiltigtomrum

ความว่างเปล่าที่เป็นโมฆะ

boşlukgeçersizhükümsüzyoksunboş

cảm giác trống rỗngkhông giá trị

无效的没有…的空旷空虚

void

[vɔɪd]

A. ADJ

1. (Jur) (= invalid) → nulo, inválido
to make or render a contract void → anular or invalidar un contrato
see also null

2. (frm) (= empty) → vacío
void of interest → carente or desprovisto de interés
to make sb's efforts void → hacer inútiles los esfuerzos de algn

B. N

1. (= emptiness) (lit) → vacío m (fig) (= sense of emptiness) → vacío m
the void → la nada
to fill the void → llenar el hueco or vacío

2. (= hole) → hueco m

3. (Cards) → fallo m
to have a void in hearts → tener fallo a corazones

C. VT

1. (Med) → evacuar, vaciar

2. (Jur) → anular, invalidar

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void

[ˈvɔɪd]

n

(= empty space) → vide m

(fig) → vide m

adj

(= invalid) → nul(le)
to be declared void → être déclaré(e) nul(le)

to be void of sth (= lacking in) → être vide de qch
The book is void of all meaningful content → Le livre est totalement vide de sens.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

void

n (lit, fig) → Leere f; the dead astronaut floated off into the void → der tote Astronaut schwebte in das All

adj

(= empty) → leer; void of any sense of decency → bar jeglichen Gefühls (geh) → or ohne jegliches Gefühl für Anstand; void of humour (Brit) or humor (US) → ohne jeglichen Humor

(Jur) → ungültig, nichtig

(= useless) → nichtig (geh); you’ve made all my efforts totally void → du hast all meine Bemühungen völlig zunichtegemacht

vt

(Jur) → ungültig machen, aufheben

(form, = empty) bowels → entleeren

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void

[vɔɪd]

1. adj (frm) (Law) → nullo/a; (empty) → vuoto/a
void of → privo/a di
to make or render a contract void → invalidare un contratto

2. n → vuoto
to fill the void → colmare il vuoto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

void

(void) adjective

1. not valid or binding. The treaty has been declared void. ongeldig لاغٍ، باطِل невалиден nulo neplatný nichtig ugyldig άκυροςnulo kehtetu بی اعتبار mitätön nulבטל रिक्त nevažeć, koji nije na snazi érvénytelen tidak sah ógildur nullo 無効の 법적 구속력이 없는 negaliojantis spēkā neesošs; spēku zaudējis tdk sah, terbatal ongeldigugyldig, ikke bindendenieważnynulo nul недействительный neplatný neveljaven nevažeći ogiltig ที่เป็นโมฆะ geçersiz, hükümsüz 無效的 недійсний; не чинний بے اثر، غير نافذ không có hiệu lực 无效的

2. (with of) lacking entirely. a statement void of meaning. sonder خالٍ лишен (от) vazio nemající, bez ohne uden κενός, στερούμενος vacío ilma (milletagi) تهی؛ عاری vailla vide de רֵיק מְ-, חֲסַר- खाली lišen mentes (vmitől) tanpa gersneyddur privo 欠けた 결여된 neturintis tukšs; (kaut ko) nesaturošs tdk langsung zondertom, blottet for pozbawiony vazio lipsit de лишённый чего-л. nemajúci, bez prazen lišen i avsaknad av, utan ที่ไม่มีประโยชน์ boş, yoksun 完全缺乏的 пустий; позбавлений خالي trống rỗng, khuyết 没有…的

noun

a huge empty space, especially (with the) outer space. The rocket shot up into the void; Her death left a void in her husband's life. niet, leegte فَراغ празнота vazio prázdno(ta) die Leere tomrum; savn vacío tühjus خلاء tyhjyys videחלל शून्यस्थान praznina űr ruang hampa tóm, tómarúm vuoto 空間[] 허공 tuštuma tukšums angkasa lepas; kekosongan leegtetomrompróżnia, pustka vazio vid пустота prázdno(ta) praznina praznina tomrum, rymd ความว่างเปล่า boşluk 空虛 пустота, порожнеча خلا sự trống rỗng, chân không 空虚

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void

→ بَاطِل, فارِغ neplatný, prázdnota tomrum, ugyldig Leere, ungültig κενό, κενός nulo, vacío mitätön, tyhjyys nul, vide nevažeći, praznina nullo, vuoto 無効の, 空虚な感じ 공허감, 무효의 leegte, ongeldig tomrom, ugyldig pozbawiony, próżnia nulo, vazio пустой, пустота ogiltig, tomrum ความว่างเปล่า, ที่เป็นโมฆะ boşluk, geçersiz cảm giác trống rỗng, không giá trị 无效的, 空旷

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void

a. nulo-a, vacío-a; inválido-a, sin efecto;

v. anular, invalidar; evacuar, eliminar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

void

vi vaciar la vejiga, orinar

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