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void

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adjective

Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
useless; ineffectual; vain.
devoid; destitute (usually followed by of ):
a life void of meaning.
without contents; empty.
without an incumbent, as an office.
Synonyms: ,
Mathematics. (of a set) containing no elements; empty.
(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

noun

an empty space; emptiness:
He disappeared into the void.
Synonyms: , ,
something experienced as a loss or privation:
His death left a great void in her life.
a gap or opening, as in a wall.
Typography. counter ³( def 10 ).
(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:
a void in clubs.

verb (used with object)

to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify:
to void a check.
to empty; discharge; evacuate:
to void excrement.
to clear or empty (often followed by of ):
to void a chamber of occupants.
Archaic. to depart from; vacate.

verb (used without object)

to defecate or urinate.

void

/ ��ɔɪ�� /

adjective

without contents; empty
not legally binding
null and void
(of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied
postpositivefoll byof destitute or devoid
void of resources
having no effect; useless
all his efforts were rendered void
(of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit
his spades were void

noun

an empty space or area
the huge desert voids of Asia
a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation
his divorce left him in a void
a lack of any cards in one suit
to have a void in spades
Also calledcounter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o

verb

to make ineffective or invalid
to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents
also intr to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)
archaic.
to vacate (a place, room, etc)
obsolete.
to expel

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Derived Forms

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ˈ��Ǿ��, noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of void¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; (adjective) Middle English voide, from Anglo-French, Old French voide, voit, vuide, vuit ( French vide ), from unattested Vulgar Latin vocīta, vocita feminine of ��ǳ�ī�ٳܲ�, vocitus unattested and dissimilated variant of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, “e��ٲ�”; vacuum; (verb) Middle English voiden, from Anglo-French voider, Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin ��ǳ��, derivative of unattested ��ǳ�ī�ٳܲ�, vocitus; (noun) derivative of the adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of void¹

C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin ��ǳ�ī�ٳܲ� (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from �� to be empty

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Idioms and Phrases

see null and void .

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Synonym Study

See empty.

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Example Sentences

Gonsalves, for example, said “it's impossible to adequately fill the void from a forecasting standpoint, as well as data collection for climate study.”

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This much is true: Ukraine’s future relies on U.S. help, despite Europe’s talk of filling the void.

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With the decline of unions and so many other forms of civic life, media organizations have filled the void and have even usurped some of the traditional duties political parties once played….

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She said the division’s leaders went to great lengths to hide the complaints from the MTA, out of fear that it would void its lucrative contract with the LAPD.

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“I’m doing this on my own terms, which I’m grateful for,” he said during an hourlong lunch that was heavy on remembrances and void of regrets.

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