Void

  • 31void — 1 adjective 1 law a contract or official agreement that is void is not legal and has no effect; null and void 2 be void of formal to completely lack something: Her eyes were void of all expression. 2 noun (countable usually singular) 1 a feeling… …

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  • 32void — I UK [vɔɪd] / US noun [singular] formal 1) a situation in which something important that is usually present is no longer there fill the void: It will be difficult to fill the void left by his departure. 2) the sad feeling caused by the loss of… …

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  • 33void — 1. noun the void of space Syn: vacuum, emptiness, nothingness, nullity, blankness, vacuity; empty space, blank space, space, gap, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf, pit, black hole 2. verb the contract was voided …

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  • 34void — voidness, n. /voyd/, adj. 1. Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable. 2. useless; ineffectual; vain. 3. devoid; destitute (usually fol. by of): a life void of meaning. 4. without contents; empty. 5. without an… …

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  • 35void — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, large ▪ endless, huge, massive ▪ aching …

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  • 36void — {{11}}void (adj.) late 13c., unoccupied, vacant, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. voide empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, from L. vocivus unoccupied, vacant, related to vacuus empty (see VACUUM (Cf. vacuum)). Meaning lacking or wanting (something) is… …

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  • 37void — [[t]vɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) law having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable 2) useless; ineffectual; vain 3) devoid; destitute (usu. fol. by of): a life void of meaning[/ex] 4) without contents; empty 5) gov without an incumbent …

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  • 38void — /vɔɪd / (say voyd) adjective 1. Law without legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable. 2. useless; ineffectual; vain. 3. without contents. 4. without an incumbent, as an office. –noun 5. an empty space: the void of heaven. 6. a… …

  • 39void — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English voyde, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vocivus, vacivus empty, from vacare to be empty Date: 14th century 1. a. not occupied ; vacant < a void bishopric > b. not inhabited …

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  • 40void — Noun: An empty space. Adjective: Constituting a nullity. Binding on neither party and not sub ject to ratification. Anno: 31 ALR 1002. Sometimes construed as voidable. Hall v Baylous, 109 W Va 1, 153 SE 293, 69 ALR 527. The words to be void and&#8230; …

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