nothing

noth·ing  (nthng)

pron.

1. No thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it.

2. No part; no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole.

3. One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.

n.

1. Something that has no existence.

2. Something that has no quantitative value; zero: a score of two to nothing.

3. One that has no substance or importance; a nonentity: "A nothing is a dreadful thing to hold onto" Edna O'Brien.

adj.

Insignificant or worthless: "the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor" Bosley Crowther.

adv.

In no way or degree; not at all: She looks nothing like her sister.

Idioms:

for nothing

1. Free of charge.

2. To no avail: all that trouble for nothing.

3. For no reason: fired him for nothing.

in nothing flat

In very little time; very quickly.

nothing doing Informal

Certainly not.

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[Middle English, from Old English nthing : n, no; see no² + thing, thing; see thing.]

Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. See Usage Note at none.

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nothing

pron

1. not anything: I felt nothing

2. a matter of no importance: don't worry, it's nothing

3. absence of meaning, value, or worth: the industry shrank to almost nothing

4. the figure 0

5. have or be nothing to do with to have no connection with

6. nothing but not something other than; only

7. nothing doing Informal an expression of dismissal or refusal

8. nothing less than downright: nothing less than complete withdrawal

9. think nothing of something to regard something as easy or natural

Adverb

not at all: he looked nothing like his brother

Noun

Informal a person or thing of no importance or significance [Old English nāthing, nān thing]

USAGE: Nothing normally takes a singular verb, but when nothing but is followed by a plural form of a noun, a plural verb is usually used: it was a large room where nothing but souvenirs were sold.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nothing - 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" goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher 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"
Adv.	1.	nothing - in no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father"

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nothing

pronoun 1. nought, zero, nil, naught, not a thing, zilch (slang) sod all (slang) damn all (slang) zip U.S. (slang)

2. a trifle, no big deal, a mere bagatelle

3. void, emptiness, nothingness, nullity, nonexistence

noun 4. (Informal) nobody, cipher, nonentity

Translations

nothing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] n → nada (= zero); cero;

he does nothing → no hace nada;

nothing new → nada nuevo;

for nothing (= free) → gratis (= in vain); en balde;

nothing at all → nada en absoluto

nothing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] n → rien m;

he does nothing → il ne fait rien;

nothing new → rien de nouveau;

for nothing (= free) → pour rien, gratuitement (= in vain); pour rien;

nothing at all → rien du tout;

nothing much → pas grand-chose

nothing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] n → nichts;

nothing new/worse etc → nichts Neues/Schlimmeres etc;

nothing much → nicht viel;

nothing else → sonst nichts;

for nothing → umsonst;

nothing at all → überhaupt nichts

nothing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] n → nulla m; niente m;

he does nothing → non fa niente;

nothing new → niente di nuovo;

for nothing (= free) → per niente;

nothing at all → proprio niente

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nothing

pron nothing [ˈnaθiŋ]

no thing; not anything There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.niksلا شَيءнищоnicingenting; ikke noget; intetnichtsτίποταnadamitte midagiهیچیei mitäänrienשום דָבַרकुछ नहींništasemmitidak ada apa-apaekkertniente何も～ない아무것도 ...아니다niekasnekastiada apanietsingenting, ikke noe, intetnicnadanimicничто; ничегоničničništainget, ingentingไม่มีอะไรhiçbir şey沒有東西ніщо, нічогоکچھ نہيں، کچھ بھي نہيںkhông có gì没有东西

n

the number 0; nought The final score was five – nothing (= 5 – 0).nulصَفرнулаnulanuldie Nullμηδένceronullصفرzéroאֶפֶסशून्यnulanullanol, kosongnúllzeroゼロ무(無), 영nulisnulletidak satu apa punnulnullzerozerozeroноль; ничтоnulaničlanulanollศูนย์sıfır零нульصفرsố không零

adv

not at all He's nothing like his father.glad nieصَفْرвъобще неvůbec neslet ikkekeineswegsκαθόλουde ningún modo, de ninguna maneramitte sugugiابداei lainkaanen rienבִּכלָל לֹאबिलकुल नहीं, तनिक भी नहींni najmanjeegyáltalán nemsama sekali tidakalls ekkiper nulla/niente, non affatto少しも～ない조금도 ...않다visai nenemaz, nepavisamtidak sama sekalihelemaal nietslett ikke, ikke det sporzupełnie nienadadelocнисколько, совсем нетvôbec ne-sploh neni nalikinte allsไม่มีอะไรhiç, hiçbir şekilde, asla一點也不ніскількиبالکل نہيںkhông có gì一点也不

n ˈnothingness

the state of being nothing or of not existing; emptiness. nietلا شَيْئِيَّهнебитиеnicota; prázdnotaintethed; intet; tomheddie Nichtigkeitανυπαρξία, κενότηταnada, vacíoolematusهيچ بودن؛ ناچيزىolemattomuusnéantחוֹסֶר עֵרֶךअनवस्थाništa,nepostojanjesemmi, űrkekosongantóm, ekkertnulla無존재하지 않음, 죽음, 공허niekas, tuštumanekas; tukšums; nebūtībatidak wujudnietstomhet, intethetnicośćnadaneantничтожность; ничтоničotaničnostništavilointighet, intetความไม่สำคัญyokluk, hiçlik無ніщо; неістотністьنيستي، عدميتtình trạng không tồn tại无

come to nothing

to fail His plans came to nothing.niksيُخْفِق، يَفْشَل، لا يُسْفِرُ عن نَتيجَهпровалям сеpřijít nazmar, selhatikke blive til nogetsich zerschlagenαποτυγχάνω, ναυαγώ (μτφ.)fracasar, venirse abajonurjumaهيچ شدنrauetane pas aboutirנִכשָׁלनिष्फल सिद्ध (होना)nema ništa od toga,izjalovit će semeghiúsulgagalverða að engu, mistakastfinire in niente/nulla, sfumare, andare a vuoto失敗に終わる실패로 끝나다žlugti, nepasisektineizdoties; nepiepildītiessia-siatot niets komenikke bli noe avwziąć w łebdar em nadaa eşuaкончиться ничемzlyhaťizjaloviti sepropastiinte bli något med, bli ingenting avล้มเหลวbaşarısızlığa uğramak失敗，無結果закінчитися нічимناکام ہوناthất bại失败，无结果

for nothing

1 free; without payment I'll do that job for you for nothing.vernietمَجّانا، بِدون مُقابِلза без париzadarmogratis; uden betalingumsonstτζάμπαgratistasutaمفتilmaiseksipour rienבְּחִינָםमुफ्त मेंbesplatno, badaveingyencuma-cumaókeypisgratisただで무료로dykai, nemokamaipar brīvu, bez maksaspercumagratisgratisza darmode graçagratisдаром, бесплатноzadarmozastonjbesplatnogratisไม่มีค่าตอบแทนbedava, parasız不拿報酬безкоштовноمفتmiễn phí不拿报酬

2 without result; in vain I've been working on this book for six years, and all for nothing!vernietبِدون نَتيجَه، عَبَثاнапразноnadarmoforgævesumsonstμάταια, για το τίποταen vano, en baldeasjataبی نتیجهturhaaninutilementלַשָוואव्यर्थ हीza ništa, uzaludhiábasia-siatil einskisper nienteむだに무익하게, 헛되이perniekveltitiada sebarang keputusanvoor nietsfor ingenting, til ingen nyttena nicpara nadadegeabaзря, напрасноnadarmozamanuzaludförgäves, till ingen nyttaไม่มีผลboşu boşuna, boş yere無結果даремноبيکارkhông được gì无结果

have nothing to do with

1 to avoid completely After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.niks met hom te doenيَتَجَنَّبизбягвамvyhýbat seikke have noget at gøre mednichts zu tun haben mitαποφεύγωignorarei käi läbiبه طور کامل دوری کردنei missään tekemisissäignorerאֵין שוּם קֶשֶר אִיתוֹसंबंधित न होनाizbjegavatinincs kapcsolatban vmivel, vkivelmenghindariforðast með öllu, virða að vettuginon avere niente/nulla a che fare con～と関係しない외면하다, ...와 관계가 없다neturėti nieko bendra sunebūt nekam kopējam ar; nebiedroties artidak ada kena mengenaniets te maken hebben metikke ha noe å gjøre mednie mieć nic wspólnego znão querer saber dea evita, a nu avea de-a face cuне иметь ничего общего сvyhýbať saignoriratiizbegavatiinte ha någonting med [] att göraหลีกเลี่ยงอย่างเสร็จสมบูรณ์kaçınmak和...不來住повністю уникатиسروکار نہ رکھناkhông dính dáng với和...不来住

2 (also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in This letter has/is nothing to do with you.niks met jou uit te waaiلا عُلاقَةَ لهняма(м) нищо общоnetýkat seikke have noget at gøre mednichts zu tun haben mitδεν έχω καμία σχέση μεno tener nada que ver conei ole mingit pistmistعلاقه نداشتن به انجام کاریei mitään tekemistän'avoir rien à voir avecאֵין שוּם קֶשֶר עִםकाई सरोकार न रखना, किसी समाज या किसी व्यवहार से अपने को अलग रखनाne imati ništa s nekim ili nečimsemmi köze vmihez, vkiheztidak ada hubungannyasnertir ekki (á nokkurn hátt)non avere niente/nulla a che fare con～と関係がない무관하다, 관심을 가질 필요가 없다neturėti jokio ryšioneattiekties uztidak berkaitanniets te maken hebben metikke ha noe å gjøre mednie mieć nic wspólnego znão ter nada a ver coma nu avea nimic de-a face cuне касаться, не иметь никакого отношения кnetýkať sane imeti nič opraviti zne ticati seinte ha någonting med [] att göraไม่สนใจilgisi olmamak與...無關не мати нічого спільного зکوئي لينا دينا نہ ہوناkhông liên quan tới与...无关

make nothing of

not to understand I can make nothing of this letter.nie verstaan nieلا يَفْهَمне разбирамnerozumět (nic z)ikke forstånicht klug werden ausδεν καταλαβαίνωno entender nadaei suuda mõistaهيچ پنداشتنei saada tolkkuane rien comprendre àלא מְבִיןमैं इसे नहीं समझ सकताne shvaćatinem ért vmittidak memahamiskilja hvorki upp né niður ínon capire niente diわからない...을 조금도 이해 못하다nieko nesuprastineko nesaprasttidak memahaminiets begrijpen vanikke bli klok på, ikke forstånic nie rozumiećnão perceber nada dea nu pricepe nimicне пониматьnerozumieťnič razumetine razumetiförstå (få ut) ingenting avไม่เข้าใจanlamamak不理解нічого не зрозумітиنہ سمجھ پاناkhông hiểu不理解

mean nothing to

not to be understandable to These mathematical figures mean nothing to me.onverstaanbaarلا يَهُمُّне знача нищоnic neříkat (komu)ikke sige nogetnichtssagend sein fürείμαι ακαταλαβίστικοςno significar nadaei ütle midagiغیر قابل فهمolla käsittämätöntävouloir dire ne rienלא מוּבָןनहीं समझ में आने वालाnemati nikakve važnostiérthetetlensulit dipahamivera óskiljanlegurnon voler dire niente理解できない중요성[]을 갖지 못하다nieko nesakytineko neizteikt (kādam)tidak boleh difahamionbegrijpelijk zijn voorikke forstå (poenget med)nic nie znaczyć dlanão significar nadaa nu însemna nimicбыть непонятнымnič nehovoriť (komu)nič pomenitine biti razumljivinte säga [] någontingไม่ทำความเข้าใจanlaşılmaz olmak不能理解незрозумілийکوئي معني نہ رکھناkhông thể hiểu được不能理解

next to nothing

almost nothing The child was wearing next to nothing.byna niksتَقْريبا لا شيءпочти нищоtakřka nicnæsten ingentingfast nichtsσχεδόν τίποταcasi nadapeaaegu mitte midagiتقریبا هیچیtuskin mitäänpresque rienכִּמעָט כְּלוּםनहीं के बराबरgotovo ništaszinte semmihampir tidak ada apa punnæstum ekkertquasi nienteほとんど何も거의 아무것도beveik niekogandrīz nekashampir tiada apa-apabijna nietsnesten ingentingprawie nicquase nadaaproape nimicпочти ничегоskoro ničskoraj ničskoro ništanästan ingentingไม่มีอะไรhemen hemen hiç幾乎什麼也沒有майже нічогоتقريباً نہ کے برابرgần như không có gì几乎什么也没有

nothing but

just; only The fellow's nothing but a fool!maar netلا شَيْء سِوى أنّهнищо друго освенnic nežintet andet endnichts alsμόνοúnicamente, sólotühipaljasهیچی بجزpelkkärien queכְּלוּם מִלבָדकेवल, मात्रjednostavnocsakhanyaekkert nema, barasolo, niente altro cheただの단지 ...일 뿐tiktai, tiesiognekas cits kāhanyalahniets anders danbare, ikke annet enntylkoapenasnimic (altceva) decâtтолько, ничто кроме; просто-напростоnič iné lensamosamoinget annat än, baraเท่านั้นsadece, yalnızca僅是лише; всього-навсьогоصرف، فقطchỉ仅是

nothing doing!

an expression used to show a strong or emphatic refusal `Would you like to go to the meeting instead of me?' `Nothing doing!'glad nieتَعبير يُسْتَعْمَل عَن الرَّفْض الباتабсурдnepřichází v úvahuikke på nogen mådenichts zu machenμε τίποτα, αποκλείεταιni hablarmitte mingi hinna eest!کار خوابيده استei missään tapauksessapas question!לא בָּא בְּחֶשבּוֹןइनकार की अभिव्यक्तिništa od toganem megysama sekali tidakalgjörlega útilokað!, kemur ekki til greina!(neanche per sogno!)とんでもない！안돼!jokiu būdu! nieko neišeis!nekas nesanāks!; tas neies cauri!tidak mahu't zal niet gaanikke tale om!; ellers takk!Nic z tego!nem por issoNici vorbă!ничего не выйдет!, номер не пройдёт!neprichádzať do úvahyni govoranikakointe en chans!ไม่ทำอะไรเลยkatiyen olmaz, bana ne, yağma yok不行нічого не вийде!, цей номер не пройде!بالکل نہيںcụm từ để cập đến sự từ chối thẳng thừng不行

there is nothing to it

it is easy You'll soon see how to do this job – there's nothing to it!baie maklikسَهْلлесна работаnic na tom nenídet er så let som ingentingdas ist eine Kleinigkeitείναι παιχνιδάκιes facilísimokäkiteguخیلی ساده استlastenleikkiäc'est facile (comme tout)אֵין בְּזֶה כְּלוּם, קַלֵי קָלוּתआसानlako, jednostavnokönnyűmudah, gampangeins og að drekka vatn(è facile)簡単な쉬운 일이다tai labai lengva, nieko ypatingatīrais nieks; nieka lietatiada masalah, mudaher is niets aandet er så lett som ingenting!nie ma w tym nic nadzwyczajnegonão ter nada de especiale uşorэто простоnič na tom nie ječisto preprostolakodet är inget []ง่ายมากçok kolay這容易це легкоيہ آسان ہے، کوئي مشکل نہيںchẳng có gì (khó khăn, phức tạp)这容易

think nothing of

not to consider difficult, unusual etc My father thought nothing of walking 8 kilometres to school when he was a boy.nie geskroom nieلا يعْتَبِر الأمْر صَعْبا أو غَيْر عاديструва ми се дреболияbrát za samozřejmosttænke ikke videre oversichts nichts denken beiδεν το έχω σε τίποτα ναtener en pocoei näe mingit kunstiهيچ پنداشتنei konsti eikä mikääntrouver (tout) naturel deלא יִיחֵס חָשִיבוּתकठिन नहींne pridavati važnostmeg se kottyanmenganggap entengfinnast ekki tiltökumál að(trovare del tutto naturale)なんとも思わない...을 아무렇지 않게 [] 여기다(kam) nieko nereikštiuzskatīt par sīkumumudahhet niets vindenikke regne for noeuważać za normalnenão achar difícila i se părea uşor/normalне останавливаться перед; считать пустяковым деломpovažovať za samozrejméne zdeti se nič posebnegasmatrati jednostavnimtycka att det är väl ingetไม่ยากaldırmamak, kolay/önemsiz saymak視...為平常(комусь) нічого не коштуєمشکل نہ سمجھناlàm gì dễ dàng视...为平常

to say nothing of

as well as; and in addition When her mother comes to stay with us, she brings all her clothes with her, to say nothing of her three dogs.om nie eers te praat vanكذلك، أيْضاбез да споменавамеnemluvě ofor ikke at tale omnicht zu reden vonχώρια, άσε πιαpor no hablar derääkimataبه علاوهpuhumattakaanparler de sansלא לְדַבֵּר עַלसाथ मेंda ne govorimonem is szólva ...demikian pulaauk þess; svo ekki sé minnst áper non parlare di～は言うに及ばず...은 말할 것도 없이, ...은 물론이고jau nekalbant apienemaz nerunājot partidak dapat dielakkanom niet te noemenfor ikke å nevnenie mówiąc już osem falar emca să nu mai vorbim deне говоря уже оnehovoriac oda ne govorimo oda ne pominjemför att inte tala omอย่างเท่ากัน...bir yana, ...-den başka, ayrıca更不必說не кажучи вже проبشمول، کے ساتھ ساتھcùng với更不必说