Meaning

11 senses
  1. An empty space; a vacuum.

    Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

    Leere, Vakuum

    пустота́pustotá

    an empty area or space

  2. An extended region of space containing no galaxies.

    Hohlraum, Void

  3. A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

  4. A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

  5. An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

  6. (Internet, endearing, humorous)A black cat.

    My little void is so sweet sometimes.

  7. An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.

  8. The lack of cards in a particular suit.

  9. A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.

  10. An instance of urination.

  11. (archaic, historical)A voidee.

Examples

51 sentences
  1. This bond is null and void.

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  2. This contract is null and void.

    deDieser Vertrag ist null und nichtig.

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  3. He has an unbridgeable void inside.

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  4. This clause is null and void.

    deDiese Klausel ist ungültig.

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  5. He voided his bowels and vomited.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an empty space; a vacuum:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
an empty space; a vacuum:
astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies:

Origin

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in tur

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Alteration of voidee.

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Forms

plural: voids
Singularvoid
Pluralvoids

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
(engineering) pocket of vapour in fluid:bubbleB1
(engineering) collection of vacancies:pore
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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