Meaning

22 senses
  1. The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim.

  2. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

  3. An empty space; a void, for example on a paper.

    A space to be filled in on a form or template.

    Write your answers in the blanks.

    Lücke

    пусто́е ме́стоpustóje mésto

  4. Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee.

  5. (US)A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form.

  6. A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form.

    (US)An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all.

  7. (US)An unprinted leaf of a book.

  8. Blank verse.

    a blank gap or missing part

  9. A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping.

    Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required.

  10. The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus.

  11. (figuratively)A vacant space, place, or period; a void.

  12. The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain.

Examples

126 sentences
  1. Fill in the blanks.

    Заповніть пропуски.

    ruЗаполните пробелы.

    deFüll die leeren Felder aus.

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  2. Tom shot Mary point blank.

    Том стріляв в Мері в упор.

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  3. He left the last page blank.

    ruОн оставил последнюю страницу пустой.

    deEr hat die letzte Seite frei gelassen.

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  4. She handed in a blank test.

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  5. Tom gave Mary a blank stare.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
void space on a paper:
workpiece:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
workpiece:
space to be filled in on a form or template:
space character:

Origin

From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaun

From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

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Forms

plural: blanks
Singularblank
Pluralblanks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
bullet that doesn't harm:blank cartridgeblank bullet
Close in meaning
  • a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet:dummyblank shell
  • a blank gap or missing part:lacuna
  • a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing:space

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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