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nothing

pron
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/US/ˈnʌtɪŋ/

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”).

  1. inherited from nāþing
  2. inherited from nothyng

Definitions

  1. Not any thing

    Not any thing; no thing.

    • Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
    • Nothing bad will happen, will it?
    • There remains nothing more to be done.

  2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

  3. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

    • - What happened to your face? - It's nothing.
    • Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
    • Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.

    2. A nobody (insignificant person).

    3. Not at all

      Not at all; in no way.

      • Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
      • Nothing dismayed, I repeated my query.
      • The answer was an impatient one—but, nothing daunted, he continued.

    4. Completely unimportant.

      • Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.

    5. Lacking effort or commitment.

      • The cricketer played a nothing shot.

    6. Never mind

      Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nothing. 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