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nil

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nil  (nl)
n.
Nothing; zero.

[Latin nl, contraction of nihil; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

nil adj.

nil [nɪl]
n
another word for nothing: used esp in the scoring of certain games
[from Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nilnil - 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"
relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose
nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"
bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"

nil
noun
1. nothing, love, zero, zip (U.S. slang) The score was 2-nil.
2. zero, nothing, none, naught, zilch (slang), zip (U.S. slang) The chances of success are virtually nil.
Translations
nil [nɪl]
A. N (= nothing) → nada f (Sport) → cero m
Granada beat Murcia two-nilel Granada venció al Murcia dos-cero or por dos a cero
they drew nil-nilempataron a cero ZERO
B. ADJnulo
its merits are nilsus méritos son nulos, no tiene mérito alguno
C. CPD nil balance N (Fin) → balance m nulo

nil [ˈnɪl] n
(British) (SPORT)zéro m
We won one nil → Nous avons gagné un à zéro.
They lost two nil to Italy → Ils ont perdu deux à zéro contre l'Italie.
to be nil (= non-existent) → être nul* $(nulle)m/f
Their chances of survival are nil → Leurs chances de survie sont nulles.

nil
n (= zero)null (also Sport); (= nothing)nichts; the score was one-niles stand eins zu null; the response etc was nildie Reaktion etc war gleich null ? also zero

nil [nɪl] nnulla m (Sport) → zero
nil [nɪl] nnulla m (Sport) → zero

nil
n nil [nil]
(in scoring) nothing; zero Leeds United won two-nil / by two goals to nil. niks, nul صِفْر، لا شيء нула nic, nula nul die Null μηδέν, τίποτα cero null صفر nolla rien, zéro אֶפֶס शून्य ništa nulla nol núll, ekkert zero (경기 득점의) 영점 nulis nulle tidak ada langsung nul null zero zero zero; nimic ноль nič, nula nič nula ingenting, noll จำนวนศูนย์ sıfır, hiç нічого, нуль صفر، کچھ بھي نہيں không

nil لا شيء nula nul Null μηδέν cero nolla néant nula zero nul null nic nada ноль noll ศูนย์ sıfır không


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To which Samson replied, "The difference between the two sorts of madmen is, that he who is so will he nil he, will be one always, while he who is so of his own accord can leave off being one whenever he likes.
He would indeed have been obliged to admit that in the eastern--much the larger--part of Russia rent was as yet nil, that for nine-tenths of the eighty millions of the Russian peasants wages took the form simply of food provided for themselves, and that capital does not so far exist except in the form of the most primitive tools.
You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness NIL, has no real existence.
 
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