Nothing
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/ adj, adv, intj, noun, pron
adj, adv, intj, noun, pron ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. countable, uncountable
"- What happened to your face? - It's nothing."
- 2 a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential wordnet
- 3 A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings. countable, uncountable
- 4 A nobody (insignificant person). countable, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Completely unimportant. not-comparable
"Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play."
- 2 Lacking effort or commitment. not-comparable
"The cricketer played a nothing shot."
Adverb
- 1 Not at all; in no way. archaic, not-comparable
"Nothing too much out of the ordinary."
Adverb
- 1 in no respect; to no degree wordnet
Pronoun
- 1 Not any thing; no thing. indefinite, pronoun
"Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on."
- 2 An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum. indefinite, pronoun
Intj
- 1 Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
Example
More examples"Nothing is beautiful but the truth."
Etymology
From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).