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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024void /vɔɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - Lawhaving no legal force or effect:This law has been declared null and void.
- empty;
lacking:[be + ~ + of]He felt his life was void of meaning. - Government(of a political office) vacant.
- Games(in cards) having no cards in a suit.
n. [countable] - empty space;
emptiness:disappeared into the void. - a state or feeling of loss:His death left a great void in her life.
- Games(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:a void in clubs.
v. - to make invalid;
nullify:[~ + object]to void a check. - to empty the bowels or urinate: [~ + object]to void the bowels.[no object]having trouble voiding.
void•a•ble, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024void (void),USA pronunciation adj. - Lawhaving no legal force or effect;
not legally binding or enforceable. - useless;
ineffectual;
vain. - devoid;
destitute (usually fol. by of ):a life void of meaning. - without contents;
empty. - Governmentwithout an incumbent, as an office.
- Mathematics(of a set) empty.
- Games(in cards) having no cards in a suit.
n. - an empty space;
emptiness:He disappeared into the void. - something experienced as a loss or privation:His death left a great void in her life.
- a gap or opening, as in a wall.
- a vacancy;
vacuum. - Printing[Typography.]counter3 (def. 10).
- Games(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:a void in clubs.
v.t. - to make ineffectual;
invalidate;
nullify:to void a check. - to empty;
discharge;
evacuate:to void excrement. - to clear or empty (often fol. by of ):to void a chamber of occupants.
- [Archaic.]to depart from;
vacate.
v.i. - to defecate or urinate.
- Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun, nominal) derivative of the adjective, adjectival
- Anglo-French voider, Old French
- Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (verb, verbal) Middle English voiden
- Anglo-French, Old French
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English voide 1250–1300
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See empty.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vacant, unoccupied.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vacuum.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: void /vɔɪd/ adj - without contents; empty
- not legally binding: null and void
- (of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied
- (postpositive) followed by of: 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
n - an empty space or area: the huge desert voids of Asia
- a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation
- a lack of any cards in one suit: to have a void in spades
vb (mainly tr)- 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)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be emptyˈvoider n |