void

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /vɔɪd/ UK /vɔɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
empty or legally invalid; (also) an empty space

The contract was declared null and void.

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Synonyms

1 adj · empty or legally invalid;... empty vacant null invalid vacuum emptiness nullify annul

Opposites

full valid fill occupied

Word family

Derived forms voidablevoidancevoidervoidness

Related forms devoid vacant vacuum avoid

Etymology

From Old French voide ('empty, vacant'), from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to Latin vacuus ('empty'), from vacare ('to be empty').

voide Old French *vocitus Latin vacare Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# void

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /vɔɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /vɔɪd/

## Meanings
1. empty or legally invalid; (also) an empty space

## Examples
- The contract was declared null and void.

## Synonyms
- empty
- vacant
- null
- invalid
- vacuum
- emptiness
- nullify
- annul

## Antonyms
- full
- valid
- fill
- occupied

## Derived Forms
- voidable
- voidance
- voider
- voidness

## Related Forms
- devoid
- vacant
- vacuum
- avoid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: voide
- Root: *vocitus
- Root: vacare

## Etymology
From Old French voide ('empty, vacant'), from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to Latin vacuus ('empty'), from vacare ('to be empty').

## AI Etymology
Void is from Old French voide ('empty, vacant'), from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to Latin vacuus ('empty'), from vacare ('to be empty'). In present-day use, it means empty or legally invalid; (also) an empty space. Derived formations include voidable, voidance, voider, and voidness. Related vocabulary includes devoid, vacant, vacuum, and avoid.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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