Pronunce
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/vɔɪd/
Aggettivo
Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
Uso- not-comparable
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Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
I'll get me to a place more void.
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And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkeneſſe was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
Uso- not-comparable
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divers great offices that had been long void
Being without; destitute; devoid.
Uso- not-comparable
- with-of
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- bereft ofdestitute of
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Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: […]
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Uso- not-comparable
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[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
I will make void the counsel of Judah.
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
Uso- not-comparable
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null and void
Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
Uso- not-comparable
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And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!
Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
Uso- not-comparable
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In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.
The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.
Having no cards in a particular suit.
Uso- not-comparable
Sostantivo
An empty space; a vacuum.
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Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense.
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.
Uso- Internet
- endearing
- scherzoso
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My little void is so sweet sometimes.
Black cat owners often lovingly refer to their dark-haired feline friends as house panthers or ‘voids.’
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Another added: "Always hiding secrets in their fur, I had to get my void extra shaved due to some medical issues and he wasn't happy about it."
Plenty of fellow cat owners took to the comments to share how their own voids keep them on their toes.
An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
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From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments.
The lack of cards in a particular suit.
A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
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A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train travelled over it.
An instance of urination.
Verbo
To make invalid or worthless.
Uso- transitivo
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Near-synonym: nullify
He voided the check and returned it.
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Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.
It was become a practice[…]to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
after they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken
Synonym of empty (verb).
Uso- transitivo
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void one’s bladder
void one’s bowels
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
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to void excrement
You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
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With shovel, like a fury, voided out / The earth and scattered bones.
a watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices
To withdraw; to depart.
Uso- intransitivo
- obsoleto
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BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
Uso- obsoleto
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to void a table
If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.
Sostantivo
A voidee.
Uso- arcaico
- storico
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Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.
Aggettivo
lacking any legal or binding force
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null and void
containing nothing
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the earth was without form, and void
Sostantivo
the state of nonexistence
- Sinonimi
- Termini più generali
an empty area or space
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the huge desert voids
the emptiness of outer space
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without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
Verbo
declare invalid
- Sinonimi
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The contract was annulled
void a plea
clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
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The chemist voided the glass bottle
The concert hall was voided of the audience
take away the legal force of or render ineffective
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invalidate a contract
excrete or discharge from the body