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Origin of empty
synonym study for empty
1. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form.
OTHER WORDS FROM empty
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British Dictionary definitions for empty
empty
/ (ˈɛmptɪ) /
adjective -tier or -tiest
verb -ties, -tying or -tied
noun plural -ties
an empty container, esp a bottle
Derived forms of empty
emptiable, adjectiveemptier, nounemptily, adverbemptiness, nounWord Origin for empty
Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see must 1
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