void

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Pronunciation

/vɔɪd/(void)

Part of speech

noun / adjective / verbformal

Chinese

空虚；无效；（法律上）撤销（完全空旷的空间；或指使无效）

Definition

(noun) A completely empty space; a feeling of emptiness. (adjective) Not valid or legally binding. (verb) To cancel or invalidate.

Word family

  • voidable/ˈvɔɪdəbəl/(adj)可撤销的
  • avoidance/əˈvɔɪdəns/(n
  • relatedroot) 回避

Collocations

  • null and void
  • fill a void
  • void a contract
  • void of meaning
  • leave a void
  • contractual void

Examples

  1. 1.The contract was declared null and void after it emerged that one party had misrepresented their credentials. (legal)
  2. 2.Her resignation left a void that the organisation struggled to fill for over a year. (metaphorical loss)

Synonyms

  • empty/ˈɛmpti/— containing nothing
  • null/nʌl/— legally: having no force
  • vacuous/ˈvækjʊəs/— lacking intelligence or substance

Etymology

from Old French "voide" = empty, from Latin "vocitus" = empty, from "vacare" = to be empty