void

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈvɔɪd/ 🇺🇸 /ˈvɔɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A completely empty space; a vacuum or emptiness.; A feeling of emptiness or loss, especially emotional.; An unfilled space or gap within a solid structure or material.; A large region of intergalactic space containing very few or no galaxies.
  2. adjective
    Having no legal force or effect; null and invalid.; Completely empty; containing nothing.; Lacking or devoid of a specified quality or attribute.
  3. verb
    To make something legally invalid or nullify it.; To empty or evacuate the contents of something.; To excrete or discharge waste from the body.; To leave or vacate a place; to withdraw from.
  4. noun
    In programming, a type indicating that a function returns no value.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: voids 3rd sing.: voids Past: voided Past part.: voided Pres part.: voiding

Collocations

null and voidvoid offill the voidvoid a contractvoid a checka void in

Derivatives

voidablevoidancevoidnessdevoidavoid

Synonyms

emptinessvacuumnullinvalidannulnullifyvacate

Antonyms

validfullvalidateconfirm

Commonly confused

avoid
EN: 'Avoid' means to keep away from or prevent; 'void' means empty/invalid (adj/noun) or to invalidate (verb).
devoid
EN: 'Devoid' is an adjective meaning completely lacking (always followed by 'of'); 'void' can function as noun, adjective, or verb.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'void' with 'avoid' (to keep away from) or 'devoid' (completely lacking). They share an etymological root but differ in meaning and usage.

💬 Examples

  1. The astronauts floated in the void of outer space.

  2. After her husband died, she felt a void in her life.

  3. The engineer discovered several voids in the concrete foundation.

  4. The Boötes Void is one of the largest known voids in the observable universe.

  5. The contract was declared void because it was signed under duress.

  6. The room was void of any furniture.

  7. His argument was void of any logical reasoning.

  8. The court voided the election results due to widespread fraud.

  9. The plumber voided the pipes before beginning the repair.

  10. The patient was unable to void his bladder after the surgery.