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nothing

  • pronoun
  • noth·ing
  • /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

Not any thing; no thing.

Example

“Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.”

Other meanings

  1. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

Antonyms

  • anything
  • everything
  • something

Example sentences

  • “We have nothing more to teach you.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “There's nothing to do in our city.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “The fire left nothing but ruins behind.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "nāþing".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nothing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.