Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To make invalid or worthless.

    Near-synonym: nullify

    He voided the check and returned it.

    löschen, annullieren

    аннулироватьannulirovatʹ

    declare invalid

  2. (transitive)Synonym of empty (verb).

    void one’s bladder

    void one’s bowels

    entleeren, leeren

    опорожнятьoporožnjatʹ

  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    to void excrement

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To withdraw; to depart.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

    to void a table

Examples

51 sentences
  1. This bond is null and void.

  2. This contract is null and void.

    deDieser Vertrag ist null und nichtig. — Yorwba

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  3. He has an unbridgeable void inside.

  4. This clause is null and void.

    deDiese Klausel ist ungültig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. He voided his bowels and vomited.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to make invalid or worthless:
(medicine) to empty:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make invalid or worthless:
(medicine) to empty:

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.

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Forms

voids, voiding, voided, voided
Base formvoid · to void
3rd person singularvoids
Present participlevoiding
Past simplevoided
Past participlevoided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvoid
he, she, itvoids

Past simpleLesson

all personsvoided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave voided
he, she, ithas voided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill void

Synonyms

9 synonyms
make invalid or worthless:cancelB1annul
(medicine) to empty:evacuateB2
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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