void
Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/
The English word “void” has 20 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Having no cards in a particular suit.
noun
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- A black cat.
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
- The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- An instance of urination.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.
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