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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishnothyng,noon thing,non thing,na þing,nan thing,nan þing, fromOld Englishnāþing,nān þing(“nothing”, literally“not any thing”), equivalent tono +‎thing. CompareOld Englishnāwiht(“nothing”, literally“no thing”),Swedishingenting(“nothing”, literally“not any thing, no thing”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nothing (indefinite pronoun)

  1. Not anything; no thing.
    Don't just saynothing. Tell me what'sgoing on.
    Nothing bad will happen, will it?
    There remainsnothing more to be done.
    • 1839,Charles Dickens,Nicholas Nickleby:
      the players see little ornothing of their cards at first starting
    • 1911,Ambrose Bierce, “Wedding”, inThe Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.:The Neale Publishing Company,→OCLC:
      A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to becomenothing, andnothing undertakes to become supportable.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
    • 2013 July 19,Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page30:
      Imagine a country where children donothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
  2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

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Antonyms

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Translations

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not any thing
something trifling

Noun

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nothing (countable anduncountable,pluralnothings)

  1. Somethingtrifling, or of no consequence or importance.
    - What happened to your face?
    - It'snothing.
    • 1651–1653,Jer[emy] Taylor,ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ[Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published1655,→OCLC:
      Sermons are not like curious inquiries after newnothings, but pursuances of old truths.
    • 2003, Sonic Team USA,Sonic Heroes,Sega, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, level/area: Final Fortress:
      Knuckles: The Egg Carrier isnothing compared to this!
  2. A trivial remarkespecially in the termsweet nothings.
  3. Anobody(insignificant person).

Translations

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something trifling, or of no consequence or importance
a nobody, a person of no consequence

Adverb

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nothing (notcomparable)

  1. (archaic) Not at all; in no way.
    • 1855,The Ladies' Repository, volume15, page544:
      The answer was an impatient one—but,nothing daunted, he continued.
    • 1662, Thomas Salusbury,Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems:
      The Motion from London to Syria is as much as nothing; andnothing altereth the relation which is between them.

Adjective

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nothing (notcomparable)

  1. Completelyunimportant.
    Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like anothing play.
  2. Lackingeffort orcommitment.
    The cricketer played anothing shot.

Interjection

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nothing

  1. Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Terms derived from the pronoun, noun, or adverbnothing

Related terms

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Terms etymologically related to the pronoun, noun, or adverbnothing

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