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void

/vɔɪd/

void adjective: containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

Adjective

void (not comparable)

  1. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
    • Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
    • I'll get me to a place more void.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
    • divers great offices that had been long void1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC
  3. (with-of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
    • Suppoſe they be in number infinit,
      Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline,
      All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […]
      Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats
      And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 11:12
    Synonyms:
    bereft of, destitute of, absent, awanting, deficient of, deprived of, devoid of, lacking, leer, poor in
  4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
    • [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 55:11
    • I will make void the counsel of Judah.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremy 19:7
  5. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
    • null and void
    • Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void.2022 September 21, Martin Pollard, Ben Blanchard, “China willing to make utmost effort for peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21...
  6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
    • And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!1728, Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Dunciad; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 231
  7. Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
    • In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.2005, Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns
    • The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.2007, Andrew Krause, Foundations of GTK+ Development
  8. Having no cards in a particular suit.

Noun (1)

void (plural voids)

  1. An empty space; a vacuum.
    • Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
    • Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense.1711, Alexander Pope, “Part II”, in An Essay on Criticism, lines 9–10; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 70
  2. An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
  3. (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
    Synonyms:
    pore
  4. (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
    Synonyms:
    bubble
  5. An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
  6. (Internet, endearing, humorous) A black cat.
    • My little void is so sweet sometimes.
    • Black cat owners often lovingly refer to their dark-haired feline friends as house panthers or ‘voids.’2024 October 31, Marc Vartabedian, quoting Cat Care Society, “'Maybe You’re Bad Luck.' Black Cat Nation Strikes Back”, in The Wall Street Journal
    Antonyms:
    cloud
  7. An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
    • From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments.2022 December 14, Paul Stephen, “HS2's Dorothy starts to dig second tunnel bore”, in RAIL, number 972, page 23
  8. The lack of cards in a particular suit.
  9. A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
    • A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train...2025 February 5, “Network News: "Large void" caused by damaged pipe led to Class 195 derailment”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 18
  10. An instance of urination.

Verb

void (third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)

  1. (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
    • Near-synonym: nullify
    • He voided the check and returned it.
    Synonyms:
    nullify, annul, cancel
  2. (transitive) Synonym of empty (verb).
    • void one’s bladder
    • void one’s bowels
    Synonyms:
    empty, evacuate
  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
    • to void excrement
    • You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger curc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw; to depart.
    • BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
    • to void a table
    • If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Noun (2)

void (plural voids)

  1. (archaic, historical) A voidee.
    • Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 68

void meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

void in Hindi

containing nothing
रिक्त rikt
unoccupied
रिक्त rikt
not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
व्यर्थ vyarth
an empty space; a vacuum
निर्वात nirvāt, रिक्ति rikti

void in Tamil

வெற்றிடம்

void in Urdu

void
سونا sūnā
the void
خلا xalā

void in Bengali

শূন্যস্থান, শূন্যতা, ফাঁকা স্থান, অতৃপ্তিেিবাধ, অকার্যকর, বাতিল
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void in Telugu
శూన్యము śūnyamu
void in Malayalam
ശൂന്യത, ശൂന്യസ്ഥലം, ശൂന്യയിടം, ഇല്ലായ്ക
void in Kannada
ಬರಿದು, ಶೂನ್ಯ, ಖಾಲಿ, ತೆರಪಾದ ಸ್ಥಳ
void in Punjabi
ਸੁੰਨ sunn
void in Gujarati
ફોક phok
void in Sanskrit
शून्य śūnyá
void in Tagalog
walang-bisa, waling-bisa
void in Indonesian
kosong, batal, hampa, membatalkan
void in Thai
โมฆะ moo-ká

Examples of void in a sentence

  • Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.
  • Another added: "Always hiding secrets in their fur, I had to get my void extra shaved due to some medical issues and he wasn't happy about it."2025 May 9, Melissa Fleur Afshar, “Reddit Users Unite Over Black Cats 'Hiding Secrets' in Their Fur”, in The Wall Street Journal:
  • Plenty of fellow cat owners took to the comments to share how their own voids keep them on their toes.2026 February 20, Alyce Collins, “Black Cat Owner's Mistaken Identity Mix‑Up Leaves Internet in Hysterics”, in Newsweek:
  • It was become a practice[…]to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in...
  • after they had voided the obligation of the oath he had takena. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please...

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Synonyms of void

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Forms of void

Noun
pluralvoids
Verb
third-person singular presentvoids
present participlevoiding
past participlevoided
pastvoided

Past tense of void: voided

Plural of void: voids

Origin of void

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Alteration of voidee.

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Questions about void

What does void mean?
Void means containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
What is void in Hindi?
Void in Hindi is रिक्त (rikt), व्यर्थ (vyarth), निर्वात (nirvāt). See Void meaning in Hindi.
How do you use void in a sentence?
Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.
What part of speech is void?
Void can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce void?
Void is pronounced /vɔɪd/.

Words near void in the dictionary

  1. voicings
  2. voicism
  3. voicist
  4. voicists
  5. voicy
  6. void
  7. void coefficient
  8. void coefficients
  9. void deck
  10. void decks
  11. voidability

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: void (page history and authors); void (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); void (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శూన్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); void (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); void (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁੰਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ફોક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); शून्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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