nothing

nothing [nuth′iŋ]

pron.

[ME < OE na thing, nan thing]

1.

a) no thing; not anything; naught

b) no part, element, trace, etc. [nothing of kindness in him]

2.

a) something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle

b) a person considered to be of no value or importance

n.

1. nonexistence; nothingness

2. a thing that does not exist

3.

a) something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle: see also SWEET NOTHINGS

b) a person considered to be of no value or importance

4. a naught; zero; cipher

adv.

not at all; in no manner or degree [nothing daunted]

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for nothing

1. free; at no cost

2. in vain; uselessly

3. without reason

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☆ in nothing flat

Informal in almost no time at all

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make nothing of

1. to treat as of little importance

2. to fail to understand

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nothing but

only; nothing other than

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nothing doing Informal

1. no: used as a refusal of a request

2. no result, accomplishment, etc.: an exclamation of disappointment

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nothing if not

decidedly and unmistakably [he's nothing if not prompt]

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nothing less than

no less than; just the same as: also nothing short of