nil
Nothing; zeroNothing; zero.
» The away team is winning one-nil.
Die Auswärtsmannschaft gewinnt mit 1 : 0.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Nothing; zero.
null
ничто́ništó, нольnolʹ
нічогоničoho, нульnulʹ
(uncountable, usually)A score of zero
The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
Examples
15 sentencesThe away team is winning one-nil.
deDie Auswärtsmannschaft gewinnt mit 1 : 0. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The away team are winning one-nil.
deDie Auswärtsmannschaft gewinnt mit 1 : 0. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Null is zero and so is nil.
Tom made an important interception as his team defended their one-nil lead.
deTom hat einen wichtigen Ball abgefangen, als seine Mannschaft die Eins-zu-Null-Führung verteidigte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness nil, has no real existence.
ruВы, конечно, знаете, что математической прямой, имеющей нулевую толщину, в реальности не существует. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). SeeBorrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See
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Forms
plural: nils| Singular | nil |
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uncountable
Synonyms
13 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable