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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance
Examples "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance
Examples "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)Where the microscope under visible_light may show only vague shadows or nothing at_all , ultraviolet_illumination and subsequent translation into a color TV picture reveal a wealth of detail . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)It is true , that nothing has been found comparable_with electricity by communication ; but the phenomena observed had such a degree of analogy to those depending_on electrical distribution that one could not find the slightest difference . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Otherwise , you may pay too much for the farm and get nothing for your labor . (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)The mercenaries were little interested in farming and added nothing to the output of the farm plots on which all work was still done with hoes as late as 1818 . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The key to the world of geology is change ; nothing remains the same . Related terms |
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[ pronoun ] pronoun, no part or no thing
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[ adverb ] in no way; to no degree
Examples "he looks nothing like his father" |
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