void
part of speech
noun (a void, voids); adjective (void); verb (void, voids, voided, voiding)
meaning for a pupil
1) A void is a completely empty space. tree →
2) A void is also a feeling that something important is missing, for example after losing someone. tree →
3) (law) Void means no longer valid or legal: "The ticket is void." tree →
4) To void something is to cancel it officially. tree →
5) Void of (formal) means completely without something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and space stories it describes empty space. In everyday life and law it means cancelled, as in "null and void". In maths and computing, void can mean empty or nothing. Phrases: the void, null and void, void of, fill the void.
examples
- The spaceship drifted into the dark void. tree →
- After Grandad died, there was a void in our family. tree →
- The contract was declared null and void. tree →
- The shop voided the sale and gave me a refund. tree →
- His face was void of expression. tree →
- Getting a puppy filled the void after our old dog passed away. tree →
- Her tears and her prayers echoed through the dark void that surrounded the tormented captive soul, and the unexpected mercy was obtained for it through an angel's tears. tree →
note
Countable as a noun. "Null and void" is a fixed legal phrase. Similar: empty, vacuum, gap. Do not confuse with avoid (to keep away from).
In the corpora
- But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
- For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
- I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- It is time for the LORD to work; they have made void Thy law.
- And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «void» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.