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nil

noun
/nɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility.

  1. borrowed from nīl

Definitions

  1. Nothing

    Nothing; zero.

    • As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil.
    • [T]he overall freedom of a corpse is nil because a corpse is not someone to whom social and political liberty (or unfreedom) can ever correctly be ascribed.

  2. A score of zero

    • The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.

  3. No, not any.

    • But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Initialism of nanoimprint lithography.

    2. Initialism of name, image, and likeness.

      • In states that have passed NIL-related laws – Alabama, Florida and Georgia, among others – athletes would be able to participate in NIL activities that are “consistent with the laws.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nil. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA