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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.

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 vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

void′er n.

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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. (foll by: of) destitute or devoid: void of resources.

5. having no effect; useless: all his efforts were rendered void.

6. (Card Games) (of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit: his spades were void.

7. an empty space or area: the huge desert voids of Asia.

8. a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation: his divorce left him in a void.

9. (Card Games) a lack of any cards in one suit: to have a void in spades.

10. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: counter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o

vb (mainly tr)

11. to make ineffective or invalid

12. to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents

13. (Physiology) (also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)

14. archaic to vacate (a place, room, etc)

15. obsolete to expel

[C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty]

ˈvoider n

ˈvoidness n

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void

(vɔɪd)

adj.

1. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.

2. useless; ineffectual; vain.

3. devoid; destitute (usu. fol. by of): a life void of meaning.

4. without contents; empty.

5. without an incumbent, as an office; vacant.

6. (in cards) having no cards in a suit.

7. an empty space; emptiness: He disappeared into the void.

8. a state or feeling of loss or privation: His death left a great void in her life.

9. a gap or opening.

10. a vacancy; vacuum.

11. (in cards) lack of cards in a suit: a void in clubs.

v.t.

12. to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify: to void a check.

13. to empty; discharge; evacuate.

14. to clear or empty (often fol. by of).

15. Archaic. to depart from; vacate.

v.i.

16. to defecate or urinate.

[1250–1300; < Old French « Latin vocīvus, vacīvus unoccupied]

void′a•ble, adj.

void′er, n.

void

Past participle: voided
Gerund: voiding

Imperative
void
void

Present
I void
you void
he/she/it voids
we void
you void
they void

Preterite
I voided
you voided
he/she/it voided
we voided
you voided
they voided

Present Continuous
I am voiding
you are voiding
he/she/it is voiding
we are voiding
you are voiding
they are voiding

Present Perfect
I have voided
you have voided
he/she/it has voided
we have voided
you have voided
they have voided

Past Continuous
I was voiding
you were voiding
he/she/it was voiding
we were voiding
you were voiding
they were voiding

Past Perfect
I had voided
you had voided
he/she/it had voided
we had voided
you had voided
they had voided

Future
I will void
you will void
he/she/it will void
we will void
you will void
they will void

Future Perfect
I will have voided
you will have voided
he/she/it will have voided
we will have voided
you will have voided
they will have voided

Future Continuous
I will be voiding
you will be voiding
he/she/it will be voiding
we will be voiding
you will be voiding
they will be voiding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been voiding
you have been voiding
he/she/it has been voiding
we have been voiding
you have been voiding
they have been voiding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been voiding
you will have been voiding
he/she/it will have been voiding
we will have been voiding
you will have been voiding
they will have been voiding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been voiding
you had been voiding
he/she/it had been voiding
we had been voiding
you had been voiding
they had been voiding

Conditional
I would void
you would void
he/she/it would void
we would void
you would void
they would void

Past Conditional
I would have voided
you would have voided
he/she/it would have voided
we would have voided
you would have voided
they would have voided

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	void - the state of nonexistence nihility, nothingness, nullity 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 space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" vacancy, vacuum, emptiness 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"
Verb	1.	void - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, avoid 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" vitiate, invalidate 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 empty, evacuate 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 force; "null and void" null 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

verb

1. 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.

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void

adjective

2. Not having a desirable element:

Idiom: in want of.

noun

1. Empty, unfilled space:

2. A space in an otherwise solid mass:

3. Total absence of matter:

4. An interval during which continuity is suspended:

5. A desolate sense of loss:

verb

1. To remove the contents of:

2. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:

Translations

neplatnýprázdnoprázdnotabeznemající

tomrumugyldigudensavn

mitätöidämitätöntyhjentäätyhjiötyhjyys

nevažećipraznina

gersneyddurógildurtóm, tómarúm

無効の空虚な感じ

공허감무효의

negaliojantis

nesaturošsspēkā neesošsspēku zaudējistukšstukšums

prázdno

praznina

ogiltigtomrum

ความว่างเปล่าที่เป็นโมฆะ

cảm giác trống rỗngkhông giá trị

void

[vɔɪd]

B. N

1. (= emptiness) (lit) → vacío m (fig) (= sense of emptiness) → vacío m
the void → la nada
to fill the void → llenar el hueco or vacío

2. (= hole) → hueco m

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void

[ˈvɔɪd]

(= empty space) → vide m

adj

(= invalid) → nul(le)
to be declared void → être déclaré(e) nul(le)

void

adj

(= empty) → leer; void of any sense of decency → bar jeglichen Gefühls (geh) → or ohne jegliches Gefühl für Anstand; void of humour (Brit) or humor (US) → ohne jeglichen Humor

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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

void

(void) adjective

1. not valid or binding. The treaty has been declared void.

2. (with of) lacking entirely. a statement void of meaning.

noun

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.

void

→ بَاطِل, فارِغ neplatný, prázdnota tomrum, ugyldig Leere, ungültig κενό, κενός nulo, vacío mitätön, tyhjyys nul, vide nevažeći, praznina nullo, vuoto 無効の, 空虚な感じ 공허감, 무효의 leegte, ongeldig tomrom, ugyldig pozbawiony, próżnia nulo, vazio пустой, пустота ogiltig, tomrum ความว่างเปล่า, ที่เป็นโมฆะ boşluk, geçersiz cảm giác trống rỗng, không giá trị 无效的, 空旷

void

a. nulo-a, vacío-a; inválido-a, sin efecto;

v. anular, invalidar; evacuar, eliminar.

void

vi vaciar la vejiga, orinar