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Meaning of 'nothing'
Meaning of 'nothing' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Nothing 
[ adv.]
- In no degree; not at all; in no wise. [ adv.]2. Nothing [ n.]
- Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word
thing); -- opposed to anything and something. [ n.]- Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
- A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
- A cipher; naught.
Meaning of 'nothing' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. nothing [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a quantity of no importance
- a quantity of no importance
Example in sentence:
- I didn't hear zilch about it;
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before;
- it was all for naught;
- reduced to nil all the work we had done;
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
2. nothing [ r]
[ r]Meaning (2):
- in no respect; to no degree
- in no respect; to no degree
Example in sentence:
- he looks nothing like his father
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