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void

The correct spelling is void.

How to pronounce void

/vɔɪd/
noun

IPA: /vɔɪd/

Say it like: Voy-d

The correct spelling is void. An empty space; a vacuum. For example: "Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go."

Usage Examples

Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

He voided the check and returned it.

void one’s bowels

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An empty space; a vacuum.
  2. 2.An extended region of space containing no galaxies
  3. 3.A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
  4. 4.A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
  5. 5.An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

verb

  1. 1.To make invalid or worthless.
  2. 2.To empty.
  3. 3.To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
  4. 4.To withdraw, depart.
  5. 5.To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

adjective

  1. 1.Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
  2. 2.Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
  3. 3.Being without; destitute; devoid.
  4. 4.Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
  5. 5.Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

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