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- pronunciation:
- nuh
thIng
- parts of speech:
- noun, adverb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When there is nothing, there is not one thing. If your closet has nothing in it, then the closet is empty. If you ate nothing for breakfast, then you had no food in the morning. If your mom bought nothing at the store, then she did not buy anything.
The boys were excited to open the old chest they found in the attic, but there was nothing inside it.Cassie was bored at her grandfather's house because she had nothing to do there.Jake's mother knew nothing about his secret hiding spot in the backyard.- antonyms:
- all, everything, something
- similar words:
- zero
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| definition 2: |
Sometimes "nothing" has the meaning of "zero."
The score was two to nothing, and our team was losing.- similar words:
- zero
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blank |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
"Nothing" sometimes means "not in any way" or "not at all." If your friend's house was nothing like you expected, it means that it was completely different what you expected. It was not at all what you imagined.
The movie was nothing like I expected. I read the book before I saw the movie, and the movie was completely different. |
| related words: |
at all |
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