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void: Meaning and Definition of
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void
Pronunciation:
(void),
[key]
— adj.
having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
useless; ineffectual; vain.
devoid; destitute (usually fol. by of&hasp;):
a life void of meaning.
without contents; empty.
without an incumbent, as an office.
(of a set) empty.
(in cards) having no cards in a suit.
—n.
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.
a vacancy; vacuum.
counter (def. 10).
(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:
a void in clubs.
—v.t.
to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify:
to void a check.
to empty; discharge; evacuate:
to void excrement.
to clear or empty (often fol. by of&hasp;):
to void a chamber of occupants.
to depart from; vacate.
—v.i.
to defecate or urinate.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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