nothing

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1. indefinitepronounNot any thing; no thing.

   See? there’s nothing!

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   Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.

   Nothing bad will happen, will it?

   There remains nothing more to be done.

   Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all! Nothing at all! Nothing at all!

   Wage earners that resemble nothing so much as former southern slaves.

   Synonyms: not a thing, naught, jack, nada, zip, zippo, zilch, squat

2. indefinitepronounAn absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

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1. countableuncountableSomething trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

   - What happened to your face? - It's nothing.

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   Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.

   1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

   Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!

   2003, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Heroes, Sega, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, level/area: Final Fortress

2. countableuncountableA trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
3. countableuncountableA nobody (insignificant person).

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1. archaicnot comparableNot at all; in no way.

   Nothing too much out of the ordinary.

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   Nothing dismayed, I repeated my query.

   The answer was an impatient one—but, nothing daunted, he continued.

   1855, The Ladies' Repository, volume 15, page 544

   The Motion from London to Syria is as much as nothing; and nothing altereth the relation which is between them.

   1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems

2. colloquialnot comparableUsed to dismiss a previous statement.

   - Wait a moment. - Wait nothing! I'm going after them.

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1. not comparableCompletely unimportant.

   Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.

2. not comparableLacking effort or commitment.

   The cricketer played a nothing shot.

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