Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To set some amount to be zero.

    They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.

    Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.

    nullen, auf Null stellen

    настра́ивать на нульnastráivatʹ na nulʹ, обнулитьobnulitʹ

  2. To disappear or make something disappear.

  3. To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.

    The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.

More definitions
  • adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
  • adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

Examples

226 sentences

  1. The temperature is below zero today.

    Сьогодні температура нижче нуля. — deniko

    ruСегодня температура ниже нуля. — odexed

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  2. Today, too, the temperature is below zero.

    Сьогодні температура знову нижче нуля. — deniko

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  3. We're starting from zero.

    Ми починаємо з нуля. — deniko

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  4. It's six degrees below zero.

    Зараз мінус шість градусів. — deniko

    ruШесть градусов ниже нуля. — Olya

    deEs sind sechs Grad unter Null. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Water has zero calories.

    Вода має нуль калорій. — deniko

    ruВ воде ноль калорий. — marafon

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to set to zero:
to cause or set some value or amount to be zero:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to set to zero:

Origin

Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymo

Collectively borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zero, Middle French zero, and (their etymon) Old Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zēphirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “void; nothingness”). Doublet of cipher and chiffre. Cognate with Spanish cero and French zéro.

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Forms

zeroes, zeroing, zeroed, zeroed
Base formzero · to zero
3rd person singularzeroes
Present participlezeroing
Past simplezeroed
Past participlezeroed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyzero
he, she, itzeroes

Past simpleLesson

all personszeroed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill zero

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
to set to zero:tare
to cause to be zero:zero out
Close in meaning
  • adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun):zero in

Word family

2 related words
Derivedzero inzero out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • below zero
  • degrees below zero
  • is below zero

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
zenzenithzephyrzestzhouzigzag
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