Meaning

2 senses

  1. (indefinite, pronoun)Not any thing; no thing.

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

    Nothing bad will happen, will it?

    nichts, nichts, gar nichts

    ничто́ništó, ничего́ničevó

    ніщо́niščó, нічо́гоničóho

  2. (indefinite, pronoun)An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

Examples

8010 sentences

  1. There's nothing to be afraid of.

    Немає чого боятися. — deniko

    ruБояться нечего. — marafon

    deEs gibt nichts, wovor man Angst haben müsste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I have nothing particular to say.

    Мені нічого особливо сказати. — mkazarian

    ruМне особенно нечего сказать. — sharptoothed

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  3. It is nothing but a joke.

    Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто всего лишь шутка. — drnm2

    deEs ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80

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  4. I know almost nothing about it.

    Я майже нічого не знаю про це. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ почти ничего не знаю об этом. — timsa

    deIch weiß fast nichts darüber. — Zaghawa

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  5. It was nothing but a joke.

    Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese

    ruЭто была всего лишь шутка. — Arkadeko

    deEs war nur ein Witz. — Kerstin

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not any thing:
Русский
By meaning 1
not any thing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not any thing:
something trifling:

Origin

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

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Forms

Synonyms

45 synonyms
not any thing:zipB2naughtjacknadazippozilchsquatnixnowtnot a thing
blankA1noughtB2aughtbupkiscipherdiddlydiddly-squatfigFAjack squatnilnishnitskynull
something trifling:nothing of any consequencenothing consequentialnothing importantnothing significantsomething inconsequentialsomething insignificantsomething of no consequencesomething triflingsomething unimportant

Antonyms

3 antonyms
anythingA1everythingA1somethingA1

Word family

9 related words
RelatedabsentB1emptyA2vacantB2gonenonentitynonexistentvacuumvoidquantifier

Collocations

12 patterns
  • had nothing to
  • there was nothing
  • nothing to do
  • nothing but
  • know nothing about
  • nothing else
  • nothing wrong with
  • nothing wrong
  • there's nothing else
  • there's nothing wrong
  • there's nothing more
  • said said nothing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
notebookA1notepadnoteworthynothingnessnoticeA2noticeableB1
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