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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.

[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vacvus, vocvus, variant of vacuus, from vacre, to be empty; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]

voider n.

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. (postpositive; foll by of) destitute or devoid void of resources
5. having no effect; useless all his efforts were rendered void
6. (Group Games / Card Games) (of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit his spades were void
n
1. an empty space or area the huge desert voids of Asia
2. a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation his divorce left him in a void
3. (Group Games / Card Games) a lack of any cards in one suit to have a void in spades
4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called counter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o
vb (mainly tr)
1. to make ineffective or invalid
2. to empty (contents, etc.) or make empty of contents
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)
4. Archaic to vacate (a place, room, etc.)
5. Obsolete to expel
[from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty]
voider  n
voidness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.void - the state of nonexistence
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 spacevoid - an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
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"
Verb1.void - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
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"
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
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 forcevoid - lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"
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"

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
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
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Translations
void [vɔɪd]
A. ADJ
1. (Jur) (= invalid) → nulo, inválido
to make or render a contract voidanular or invalidar un contrato
see also null
2. (frm) (= empty) → vacío
void of interestcarente or desprovisto de interés
to make sb's efforts voidhacer inútiles los esfuerzos de algn
B. N
1. (= emptiness) (lit) → vacío m (fig) (= sense of emptiness) → vacío m
the voidla nada
to fill the voidllenar el hueco or vacío
2. (= hole) → hueco m
3. (Cards) → fallo m
to have a void in heartstener fallo a corazones
C. VT
1. (Med) → evacuar, vaciar
2. (Jur) → anular, invalidar

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.

void
n (lit, fig)Leere f; the dead astronaut floated off into the voidder tote Astronaut schwebte in das All
adj
(= empty)leer; void of any sense of decencybar 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 voiddu hast all meine Bemühungen völlig zunichtegemacht
vt
(form, = empty) bowelsentleeren

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. nvuoto
to fill the void → colmare il vuoto

void
adj void [void]
1 not valid or binding The treaty has been declared void. ongeldig لاغٍ، باطِل невалиден neplatný ugyldig nichtig άκυρος nulo kehtetu بی اعتبار mitätön nul בָּטֵל 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 ongeldig ugyldig, ikke bindende nieważny nulo nul недействительный neplatný neveljaven nevažeći ogiltig ที่เป็นโมฆะ geçersiz, hükümsüz 無效的 недійсний; не чинний بے اثر، غير نافذ không có hiệu lực
2 (withof) lacking entirely a statement void of meaning. sonder خالٍ лишен (от) nemající, bez uden ohne κενός, στερούμενος vacío (de) 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 zonder tom, 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
n
a huge empty space, especially (withthe) outer space The rocket shot up into the void; Her death left a void in her husband's life. niet, leegte فَراغ празнота prázdno(ta) tomrum; savn die Leere vacío tühjus خلاء tyhjyys vide חָלָל शून्यस्थान praznina űr ruang hampa tóm, tómarúm vuoto 空間[] 허공 tuštuma tukšums angkasa lepas; kekosongan leegte tomrom próżnia, pustka vazio vid пустота prázdno(ta) praznina praznina tomrum, rymd ความสูญเสีย boşluk 空虛 пустота, порожнеча خلا sự trống rỗng, chân không

void باطل, فارغ neplatný, prázdnota tom, tomrum Leere, ungültig κενό, κενός nulo, vacío mitätön, tyhjyys nul, vide prazan, praznina nullo, vuoto 無効の, 空虚な感じ 공허감, 텅 빈 leeg, leegte tomrom, ugyldig pozbawiony, próżnia vazio пустой, пустота ogiltig, tomrum ความรู้สึกหรือสภาพเปล่าเปลี่ยวอ้างว้าง, ที่เป็นโมฆะ boşluk, geçersiz cảm giác trống rỗng, không giá trị 空旷, 空的


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