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void
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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
Noun
1. a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation
2. an empty space or area
Adjective
1. having no official value or authority, because the terms have been broken or have not been fulfilled: the race was declared void and rerun
2. Old-fashioned or literary empty: behold, the tomb is void!
3. void of devoid of or without: the fact of being punished becomes void of all moral significance
Verb
1. to make ineffective or invalid
2. to empty
3. to discharge the contents of (the bowels or bladder) [Latin vacare to be empty]
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.voidvoid - 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.voidvoid - 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
adjective 1. invalid, null and void, inoperative, useless, ineffective, worthless, ineffectual, unenforceable, nonviable
adjective 2. (with of) devoid of, without, lacking, free from, wanting, bereft of, empty of, bare of, destitute of, vacant of
Translations

void [vɔɪd] nvacío (= hole); hueco
adj (= invalid) → nulo, inválido (= empty): void of → carente or desprovisto de
void [vɔɪd] nvide m
adj (= invalid) → nul(le) (= empty);
void of → vide de, dépourvu(e) de
void [vɔɪd] n (hole) → Loch nt (fig) (emptiness) → Leere f
adj (invalid) → ungültig;
void of (empty) → ohne
void [vɔɪd] nvuoto
adj void of → privo/a di

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 pätemätön nul בָּטֵל रिक्त nevažeć, koji nije na snazi érvénytelen tidak sah ógildur nullo 無効の 무효의 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 (with of) lacking entirely a statement void of meaning. sonder خالٍ лишен (от) nemající, bez uden ohne κενός, στερούμενος vacío (de) ilma (milletagi) تهی؛ عاری vailla jotakin vide de רֵיק מְ-, חֲסַר- खाली lišen mentes (vmitől) tanpa gersneyddur privo 欠けた ...이 없는 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 空的 пустий; позбавлений خالي trống rỗng, khuyết
n
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 prázdno(ta) tomrum; savn die Leere vacío tühjus خلاء tyhjyys vide חָלָל शून्यस्थान praznina űr ruang hampa tóm, tómarúm vuoto 空間[] 공간, 공터 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


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