void

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of nonexistence
  2. noun an empty area or space
  3. verb declare invalid

Etymology

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

In classic literature

Synonyms

nothingness, nullity, nihility

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