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noth·ing·ness

(nŭth′ĭng-nĭs)
n.
1. The condition or quality of being nothing; nonexistence.
2. Empty space; a void.
3. Lack of consequence; insignificance.
4. Something inconsequential or insignificant.
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nothingness

(ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs)
n
1. the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence
2. absence of consciousness or life
3. complete insignificance or worthlessness
4. something that is worthless or insignificant
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noth•ing•ness

(ˈnʌθ ɪŋ nɪs)

n.
1. the state or quality of being nothing.
2. lack of being.
3. unconsciousness or death.
4. absence of meaning or worth.
5. something insignificant or without value.
[1625–35]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. nothingness - the state of nonexistence
nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing
thin air - nowhere to be found in a giant void; "it vanished into thin air"
2. nothingness - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
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nothingness

noun
1. oblivion, nullity, nonexistence, nonbeing There might be something beyond the grave, you know, and not just nothingness.
2. insignificance, triviality, worthlessness, meaninglessness, unimportance the banal lyrics, clichéd song structures and light, fluffy nothingness of her latest album
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nothingness

noun
1. The condition of not existing:
2. Empty, unfilled space:
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Translations
لا شَيْئِيَّه
nicotaprázdnota
intetintethedtomhed
merkityksettömyysolemattomuustyhjyys
értéktelenségnemlétezéssemmi
tóm, ekkert
ničota
hiçlikyokluk

nothingness

[ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs] N (= non-existence) → nada f; (= emptiness) → vacío m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nothingness

nNichts nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nothingness

[ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs] n (non-existence) → nulla m; (worthlessness, insignificance) → nullità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nothing

(ˈnaθiŋ) pronoun
no thing; not anything. There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say. niks لا شَيء нищо nada nic nichts ingenting; ikke noget; intet τίποτα nada mitte midagi هیچی ei mitään rien שום דבר कुछ नहीं ništa semmi tidak ada apa-apa ekkert niente 何も〜ない 아무것도 ...아니다 niekas nekas tiada apa niets ingenting, ikke noe, intet nic هيڅ هم نه nada nimic ничто; ничего nič nič ništa inget, ingenting ไม่มีอะไร hiçbir şey 沒有任何東西,沒有任何事 ніщо, нічого کچھ نہيں، کچھ بھي نہيں không có gì 没有东西,没有事情
noun
the number 0; nought. The final score was five – nothing (= 5 – 0). nul صَفر нула zero nula die Null nul μηδέν cero null صفر nolla zéro אפס शून्य nula nulla nol, kosong núll zero ゼロ 영, 제로 nulis nulle tidak satu apa pun nul null zero صفر zero zero ноль; ничто nula ničla nula noll ศูนย์ sıfır 零,無 нуль صفر số không 零,无
adverb
not at all. He's nothing like his father. glad nie صَفْر въобще не nada vůbec ne keineswegs slet ikke καθόλου de ningún modo, de ninguna manera mitte sugugi ابدا ei ollenkaan kuin en rien בכלל לא बिलकुल नहीं, तनिक भी नहीं ni najmanje egyáltalán nem sama sekali tidak alls ekki per nulla/niente, non affatto 少しも〜ない 전혀 ...아니다 visai ne nemaz, nepavisam tidak sama sekali helemaal niet slett ikke, ikke det spor zupełnie nie اصلا نه nada deloc нисколько, совсем нет vôbec ne- sploh ne ni nalik inte alls ไม่มีอะไร hiç, hiçbir şekilde, asla 一點也不 ніскільки بالکل نہيں không có gì 一点也不
ˈnothingness noun
the state of being nothing or of not existing; emptiness. niet لا شَيْئِيَّه небитие nada nicota; prázdnota die Nichtigkeit intethed; intet; tomhed ανυπαρξία, κενότητα nada, vacío olematus هيچ بودن؛ ناچيزى tyhjyys néant חוֹסֶר עֵרֶך अनवस्था ništa, nepostojanje semmi, űr kekosongan tóm, ekkert nulla 무(의 상태), 없음 niekas, tuštuma nekas; tukšums; nebūtība tidak wujud niets tomhet, intethet nicość هيڅ،وړه موضوع nada neant ничтожность; ничто ničota ničnost ništavilo intighet, intet ความว่างเปล่า yokluk, hiçlik 空,無,不存在 ніщо; неістотність نيستي، عدميت tình trạng không tồn tại 无,虚无,不存在
come to nothing
to fail. His plans came to nothing. niks يُخْفِق، يَفْشَل، لا يُسْفِرُ عن نَتيجَه провалям се dar em nada přijít nazmar, selhat sich zerschlagen ikke blive til noget αποτυγχάνω, ναυαγώ fracasar, venirse abajo nurjuma هيچ شدن valua tyhjiin ne pas aboutir נכשל निष्फल सिद्ध (होना) nema ništa od toga, izjalovit će se meghiúsul gagal verða að engu, mistakast finire in niente/nulla, sfumare, andare a vuoto 失敗に終わる 실패로 끝나다 žlugti, nepasisekti neizdoties; nepiepildīties sia-sia tot niets komen ikke bli noe av wziąć w łeb ناكاميدل،په هيڅ حسابيدل dar em nada a eşua кончиться ничем zlyhať izjaloviti se propasti inte bli något med, bli ingenting av ล้มเหลว başarısızlığa uğramak 失敗,終成空 закінчитися нічим ناکام ہونا thất bại 失败,无结果
for nothing
1. free; without payment. I'll do that job for you for nothing. verniet مَجّانا، بِدون مُقابِل за без пари de graça zadarmo umsonst gratis; uden betaling τζάμπα gratis tasuta مفت veloituksetta pour rien בְּחִינָם मुफ्त में besplatno, badave ingyen cuma-cuma ókeypis gratis ただで 무료로 dykai, nemokamai par brīvu, bez maksas percuma gratis gratis za darmo مفت بى پيسو de graça gratis даром, бесплатно zadarmo zastonj besplatno gratis ไม่มีค่าตอบแทน bedava, parasız 免費 безкоштовно مفت miễn phí 免费,不拿报酬
2. without result; in vain. I've been working on this book for six years, and all for nothing! verniet بِدون نَتيجَه، عَبَثا напразно para nada nadarmo umsonst forgæves μάταια, για το τίποτα en vano, en balde asjata بی نتیجه turhaan inutilement לשווא व्यर्थ ही za ništa, uzalud hiába sia-sia til einskis per niente むだに 헛되이 perniek velti tiada sebarang keputusan voor niets for ingenting, til ingen nytte na nic بى نتيجه para nada degeaba зря, напрасно nadarmo zaman uzalud förgäves, till ingen nytta ไม่มีผล boşu boşuna, boş yere 徒勞無功 даремно بيکار không được gì 无结果
have nothing to do with
1. to avoid completely. After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him. niks met hom te doen يَتَجَنَّب избягвам não querer saber de vyhýbat se nichts zu tun haben mit ikke have noget at gøre med αποφεύγω ignorar ei käi läbi به طور کامل دوری کردن ei missään tekemisissä ignorer אֵין שוּם קֶשֶר אִיתוֹ संबंधित न होना izbjegavati nincs kapcsolatban vmivel, vkivel menghindari forðast með öllu, virða að vettugi non avere niente/nulla a che fare con 〜と関係しない 절교하다 neturėti nieko bendra su nebūt nekam kopējam ar; nebiedroties ar tidak ada kena mengena niets te maken hebben met ikke ha noe å gjøre med nie mieć nic wspólnego z په بشپړه توګه لرىوالى não querer saber de a evita, a nu avea de-a face cu не иметь ничего общего с vyhýbať sa ignorirati izbegavati inte ha någonting med [ngn] att göra หลีกเลี่ยงอย่างเสร็จสมบูรณ์ kaçınmak 完全不來往 повністю уникати سروکار نہ رکھنا không dính dáng với 和...不来住
2. (also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in. This letter has/is nothing to do with you. niks met jou uit te waai لا عُلاقَةَ له няма(м) нищо общо não ter nada a ver com netýkat se nichts zu tun haben mit ikke have noget at gøre med δεν έχω καμία σχέση με no tener nada que ver con ei ole mingit pistmist علاقه نداشتن به انجام کاری ei mitään tekemistä n'avoir rien à voir avec אֵין שוּם קֶשֶר עִם काई सरोकार न रखना, किसी समाज या किसी व्यवहार से अपने को अलग रखना ne imati ništa s nekim ili nečim semmi köze vmihez, vkihez tidak ada hubungannya snertir ekki (á nokkurn hátt) non avere niente/nulla a che fare con 〜と関係がない ...와는 아무런 관계가 없다 neturėti jokio ryšio neattiekties uz tidak berkaitan niets te maken hebben met ikke ha noe å gjøre med nie mieć nic wspólnego z علاقه نه لرل não ter nada a ver com a nu avea nimic de-a face cu не касаться, не иметь никакого отношения к netýkať sa ne imeti nič opraviti z ne ticati se inte ha någonting med [ngn] att göra ไม่สนใจ ilgisi olmamak 與...無關 не мати нічого спільного з کوئي لينا دينا نہ ہونا không liên quan tới 与...无关
make nothing of
not to understand. I can make nothing of this letter. nie verstaan nie لا يَفْهَم не разбирам não entender nada de nerozumět (nic z) nicht klug werden aus ikke forstå δεν καταλαβαίνω no entender nada ei suuda mõista هيچ پنداشتن ymmärtää lainkaan ne rien comprendre à לא מְבִין मैं इसे नहीं समझ सकता ne shvaćati nem ért vmit tidak memahami skilja hvorki upp né niður í non capire niente di わからない ...을 전혀 이해하지 못하다 nieko nesuprasti neko nesaprast tidak memahami niets begrijpen van ikke bli klok på, ikke forstå nic nie rozumieć هيڅ ګڼل não perceber nada de a nu pricepe nimic не понимать nerozumieť nič razumeti ne razumeti förstå (få ut) ingenting av ไม่เข้าใจ anlamamak 不理解 нічого не зрозуміти نہ سمجھ پانا không hiểu 不理解
mean nothing to
not to be understandable to. These mathematical figures mean nothing to me. onverstaanbaar لا يَهُمُّ не знача нищо não significar nada nic neříkat (komu) nichtssagend sein für ikke sige noget είμαι ακαταλαβίστικος no significar nada ei ütle midagi غیر قابل فهم sano mitään ne rien vouloir dire לא מוּבָן नहीं समझ में आने वाला nemati nikakve važnosti érthetetlen sulit dipahami vera óskiljanlegur non voler dire niente 理解できない ...에게 아무런 의미가 없다 nieko nesakyti neko neizteikt (kādam) tidak boleh difahami onbegrijpelijk zijn voor ikke forstå nic nie znaczyć dla د پوهى وړ نه não significar nada a nu însemna nimic быть непонятным nič nehovoriť (komu) nič pomeniti ne biti razumljiv inte säga [ngn] någonting ไม่เข้าใจ anlaşılmaz olmak 難以理解 незрозумілий کوئي معني نہ رکھنا không thể hiểu được 不能理解
next to nothing
almost nothing. The child was wearing next to nothing. byna niks تَقْريبا لا شيء почти нищо quase nada takřka nic fast nichts næsten ingenting σχεδόν τίποτα casi nada peaaegu mitte midagi تقریبا هیچی lähes mitään presque rien כִּמעָט כְּלוּם नहीं के बराबर gotovo ništa szinte semmi hampir tidak ada apa pun næstum ekkert quasi niente ほとんど何も 없는 것과 다름없는 beveik nieko gandrīz nekas hampir tiada apa-apa bijna niets nesten ingenting prawie nic تقريباً هيڅ څه quase nada aproape nimic почти ничего skoro nič skoraj nič skoro ništa nästan ingenting เกือบไม่มี hemen hemen hiç 幾乎沒有 майже нічого تقريباً نہ کے برابر gần như không có gì 几乎没有
nothing but
just; only. The fellow's nothing but a fool! maar net لا شَيْء سِوى أنّه нищо друго освен apenas nic než nichts als intet andet end μόνο únicamente, sólo tühipaljas هیچی بجز pelkkä rien que כְּלוּם מִלבָד केवल, मात्र jednostavno csak hanya ekkert nema, bara solo, niente altro che ただの 단지 tiktai, tiesiog nekas cits kā hanyalah niets anders dan bare, ikke annet enn tylko هيڅ به غير له apenas nimic (altceva) decât только, ничто кроме; просто-напросто nič iné len samo samo inget annat än, bara เท่านั้น sadece, yalnızca 不過是,只是 лише; всього-навсього صرف، فقط chỉ 只不过,只有
nothing doing!
an expression used to show a strong or emphatic refusal. `Would you like to go to the meeting instead of me?' `Nothing doing!' glad nie تَعبير يُسْتَعْمَل عَن الرَّفْض البات абсурд de jeito nenhum nepřichází v úvahu nichts zu machen ikke på nogen måde με τίποτα, αποκλείεται ni hablar mitte mingi hinna eest! کار خوابيده است ei ikipäivänä pas question! לא בָּא בְּחֶשבּוֹן इनकार की अभिव्यक्ति ništa od toga nem megy sama sekali tidak algjörlega útilokað!, kemur ekki til greina! (neanche per sogno!) とんでもない! 틀렸다! jokiu būdu! nieko neišeis! nekas nesanāks!; tas neies cauri! tidak mahu 't zal niet gaan ikke tale om!; ellers takk! Nic z tego! هيڅ علاقه نلرل nem por isso Nici vorbă! ничего не выйдет!, номер не пройдёт! neprichádzať do úvahy ni govora nikako inte en chans! สํานวนแสดงการปฏิเสธ katiyen olmaz, bana ne, yağma yok 辦不到! нічого не вийде!, цей номер не пройде! بالکل نہيں cụm từ để cập đến sự từ chối thẳng thừng 不行!
there is nothing to it
it is easy. You'll soon see how to do this job – there's nothing to it! baie maklik سَهْل лесна работа não ter nada de especial nic na tom není das ist eine Kleinigkeit det er så let som ingenting είναι παιχνιδάκι es facilísimo käkitegu خیلی ساده است helppoa kuin heinänteko c'est facile אֵין בְּזֶה כְּלוּם, קַלֵי קָלוּת आसान lako, jednostavno könnyű mudah, gampang eins og að drekka vatn (è facile) 簡単な 달리 어쩔 수가 없다 tai labai lengva, nieko ypatinga tīrais nieks; nieka lieta tiada masalah, mudah er is niets aan det er så lett som ingenting! nie ma w tym nic nadzwyczajnego ! ډير ساده دى não ter nada de especial e uşor это просто nič na tom nie je čisto preprosto lako det är inget [svårt] ง่ายมาก çok kolay 非常簡單,輕而易舉 це легко يہ آسان ہے، کوئي مشکل نہيں chẳng có gì (khó khăn, phức tạp) 这容易,没有困难
think nothing of
not to consider difficult, unusual etc. My father thought nothing of walking 8 kilometres to school when he was a boy. nie geskroom nie لا يعْتَبِر الأمْر صَعْبا أو غَيْر عادي струва ми се дреболия não achar difícil brát za samozřejmost sichts nichts denken bei tænke ikke videre over δεν το έχω σε τίποτα να tener en poco ei näe mingit kunsti هيچ پنداشتن pitää lastenleikkinä trouver (tout) naturel de לא יִיחֵס חָשִיבוּת कठिन नहीं ne pridavati važnost meg se kottyan menganggap enteng finnast ekki tiltökumál að (trovare del tutto naturale) なんとも思わない ...을 아무렇지도 않게 생각하다 (kam) nieko nereikšti uzskatīt par sīkumu mudah het niets vinden ikke regne for noe uważać za normalne په هيڅ شمارل não achar difícil a i se părea uşor/normal не останавливаться перед; считать пустяковым делом považovať za samozrejmé ne zdeti se nič posebnega smatrati jednostavnim tycka att det är väl inget ไม่ยาก aldırmamak, kolay/önemsiz saymak 將...視為平常 (комусь) нічого не коштує مشکل نہ سمجھنا làm gì dễ dàng 视...为平常
to say nothing of
as well as; and in addition. When her mother comes to stay with us, she brings all her clothes with her, to say nothing of her three dogs. om nie eers te praat van كذلك، أيْضا без да споменаваме sem falar em nemluvě o nicht zu reden von for ikke at tale om χώρια, άσε πια por no hablar de rääkimata به علاوه puhumattakaan sans parler de לא לְדַבֵּר עַל साथ में da ne govorimo nem is szólva ... demikian pula auk þess; svo ekki sé minnst á per non parlare di 〜は言うに及ばず ...은 말할 것도 없이 jau nekalbant apie nemaz nerunājot par tidak dapat dielakkan om niet te noemen for ikke å nevne nie mówiąc już o سره له دى sem falar em ca să nu mai vorbim de не говоря уже о nehovoriac o da ne govorimo o da ne pominjem för att inte tala om และ; พร้อมด้วย ...bir yana, ...-den başka, ayrıca 更不用說 не кажучи вже про بشمول، کے ساتھ ساتھ cùng với 更不必说
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Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times it wasted to nothingness in his fingers as sleep for- sook him and wakefulness brought back the hard reality of his misfortune.
In shadow lapse the twinkling streams, The lilied marge their waves caress; And the sheer constellations sway O'er soundless gulfs of nothingness.
If he be an imaginative boy a door is tom open and for the first time he looks out upon the world, seeing, as though they marched in procession before him, the countless figures of men who before his time have come out of nothingness into the world, lived their lives and again disap- peared into nothingness.
The whale, therefore, must see one distinct picture on this side, and another distinct picture on that side; while all between must be profound darkness and nothingness to him.
Alone -- he was alone again -- again condemned to silence -- again face to face with nothingness! Alone!
It might really have been that the hussar came for water and went back into the hollow, but perhaps he had simply vanished- disappeared altogether and dissolved into nothingness.
Afterwards all these impressions blended into one nothingness. As the colours of the rainbow unite into one white light, so all these different impressions mingled into one, and he fell asleep.
And he was destined, as time went by and the conviction that Captain Kellar had passed into the inevitable nothingness along with Meringe and the Solomons, to love just as absolutely this six-quart steward with the understanding ways and the fascinating lip-caress.
People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness. I cannot believe that knowledge such as hers will perish with knowledge such as mine.
An hour had elapsed ere that archangel's trump had subsided into tonal nothingness.
Above me, in the intense blue of the summer sky, some faint brown shreds of cloud whirled into nothingness. The great buildings about me stood out clear and distinct, shining with the wet of the thunderstorm, and picked out in white by the unmelted hailstones piled along their courses.
The man who escaped at the former place tells a wonderful story of the strangeness of its coiling flow, and how he looked down from the church spire and saw the houses of the village rising like ghosts out of its inky nothingness. For a day and a half he remained there, weary, starving and sun-scorched, the earth under the blue sky and against the prospect of the distant hills a velvet-black expanse, with red roofs, green trees, and, later, black-veiled shrubs and gates, barns, out- houses, and walls, rising here and there into the sunlight.

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