void

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/ vɔɪd /

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adjective

Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.

useless; ineffectual; vain.

devoid; destitute (usually followed by of): a life void of meaning.

without contents; empty.

without an incumbent, as an office.

Mathematics. (of a set) containing no elements; empty.

(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

noun

an empty space; emptiness: He disappeared into the void.

something experienced as a loss or privation: His death left a great void in her life.

a gap or opening, as in a wall.

Typography. counter³ (def. 10).

(in cards) lack of cards in a suit: a void in clubs.

verb (used with object)

to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify: to void a check.

to empty; discharge; evacuate: to void excrement.

to clear or empty (often followed by of): to void a chamber of occupants.

Archaic. to depart from; vacate.

verb (used without object)

to defecate or urinate.

OTHER WORDS FOR void

5 vacant, unoccupied.

8 vacuum.

9 absence, lack.

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Origin of void

First recorded in 1250–1300; (adjective) Middle English voide, from Anglo-French, Old French voide, voit, vuide, vuit (French vide ), from unattested Vulgar Latin vocīta, vocita feminine of vocītus, vocitus unattested and dissimilated variant of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, “empty”; see vacuum; (verb) Middle English voiden, from Anglo-French voider, Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin vocitāre, derivative of unattested vocītus, vocitus; (noun) derivative of the adjective

synonym study for void

3, 4. See empty.

OTHER WORDS FROM void

voidness, nounnon·void, adjective, nounpre·void, verb (used with object)un·void, adjective

un·void·ness, noun

Words nearby void

voice recognition, voice recognition technology, voice response, voice-stress analyzer, voice vote, void, voidable, voidance, voided, voider, voilà

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How to use void in a sentence

The Internet fills that void by making available infinite bespoke organizations.
A brutal, isolating year leads to baffling battles between good and evil|Philip Bump|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
After landing on countless decade-end best-of lists, it appears in the Golden Globe universe only as a cruel, uncaring void.
The 11 Weirdest Golden Globe Nominations—And What Should Have Been Nominated Instead|Eliana Dockterman|February 3, 2021|Time
“It really feels like we’re screaming into the void and nothing is happening,” she said.
Chicago parents say remote learning isn’t working and want their voices heard in a city still grappling with a plan|Dawn Reiss|January 30, 2021|Washington Post
The first thing you’ll want to do is buy a protective mattress pad to help keep it clean—staining can void mattress warranties.
Best memory foam mattress: Sleep better on one of these picks|PopSci Commerce Team|January 25, 2021|Popular-Science

With the physical and social aspects of shopping stripped away due to various lockdown restrictions around the globe, shoppable social media is poised to fill the void.
The evolution of shoppable content lies in social media streams|Tipser|January 19, 2021|Digiday
His non-fiction fills, or helps to fill, the void left by Foster Wallace.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection.|Steve Almond|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This book seeks to fill that void (although arguably atheist kids should get used to nothingness sooner rather than later).
Are You There, Nobody? It’s Me, Margaret|Candida Moss|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But younger Hong Kong residents rushed to fill the void and started a series of protests.
Hong Kong Protesters Fear Martial Law Is Coming|Gordon G. Chang|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“A suspended sentence becomes null and void after a certain period of time,” Rofugaran said.
Iran Court Sentences ‘Happy’ Dancers to 6 months and 91 Lashes|IranWire|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a sense, we occupy a weird place in the Universe: relatively close to both a void and several huge galaxy clusters.
Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
When this is done a misrepresentation constitutes a breach of warranty and the contract becomes void.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Likewise the property must have been in existence at the time of making the contract, if it was not, the policy is void.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The onward path would then lead through a void which it would require years to traverse.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
A lease made by a minor is not void, but he may avoid or cancel it by some positive act.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for void

void

/ (vɔɪd) /

adjective

without contents; empty

not legally bindingnull and void

(of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied

(postpositive foll by of) destitute or devoidvoid of resources

having no effect; uselessall his efforts were rendered void

(of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suithis spades were void

noun

an empty space or areathe huge desert voids of Asia

a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivationhis divorce left him in a void

a lack of any cards in one suitto have a void in spades

Also called: counter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o

verb (mainly tr)

to make ineffective or invalid

to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents

(also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)

archaic to vacate (a place, room, etc)

obsolete to expel

Derived forms of void

voider, nounvoidness, noun

Word Origin for void

C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty

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see null and void.

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