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| void [ voyd ] |
adjective |
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1. not legally valid: having no legal force
  declared the will null and void
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2. devoid: totally lacking in something
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formal
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a personality void of all compassion
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3. not containing anything: having no contents
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4. vacant: not occupied
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5. pointless: ineffective or useless
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6. card games having no cards in suit: lacking any cards in a particular suit in a hand dealt in a card game
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noun (plural voids) |
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1. empty space: a large empty space
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2. privation: a state of loss or privation
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3. feeling of loss: a feeling of loneliness and emptiness
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4. gap: a gap or opening
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5. card games lack of cards in suit: a complete lack of cards in a particular suit in a hand dealt in a card game
a void in spades
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verb (past and past participle void·ed, present participle void·ing, 3rd person present singular voids) |
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1. transitive verb make something legally invalid: to deprive something of legal force
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2. transitive verb empty contents of something: to empty out the contents of something, or empty something of its contents
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3. transitive and intransitive verb empty bowels or bladder: to empty the bowels or bladder
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| [13th century. < Old French voide "empty" < assumed Vulgar Latin vocitus, alteration of Latin vocivus] |
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| void·a·ble adjective |
| void·er noun |
| void·ness noun |
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