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Definition of Nothing

1. Adverb. In no respect; to no degree. "He looks nothing like his father"

2. Noun. A quantity of no importance. "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Definition of Nothing

1. n. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.

2. adv. In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

Definition of Nothing

1. Pronoun. Not any thing; no thing. ¹

2. Pronoun. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum. ¹

3. Pronoun. (slang in double negatives) Anything ¹

4. Noun. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance ¹

5. Noun. A trivial remark (especially in the term (term sweet nothings)) ¹

6. Noun. A nobody (insignificant person) ¹

7. Adverb. (archaic) Not at all; in no way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nothing

1. the absence of all quantity or magnitude [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nothing

1. 1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); opposed to anything and something. "Yet had his aspect nothing of severe." (Dryden) 2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. 3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. "Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought." (Is. Xli. 24) "'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end." (Dryden) 4. A cipher; naught. Nothing but, only; no more than. To make nothing of. To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts." . Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said. Origin: From no, a. + thing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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