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The correct spelling is empty.
How to pronounce empty
/ˈɛmpti/
nounIPA: /ˈɛmpti/
Say it like: Emp-tee
The correct spelling is empty. (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. For example: "Put the empties out to be recycled."
Usage Examples
“Put the empties out to be recycled.”
“The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.”
“Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
verb
- 1.To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
- 2.Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
adjective
- 1.Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- 2.Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
- 3.Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
- 4.Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
- 5.Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
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