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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
void /vɔɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Lawhaving no legal force or effect:This law has been declared null and void.
  2. empty;
    lacking:[be + ~ + of]He felt his life was void of meaning.
  3. Government(of a political office) vacant.
  4. Games(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

n. [countable]
  1. empty space;
    emptiness:disappeared into the void.
  2. a state or feeling of loss:His death left a great void in her life.
  3. Games(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:a void in clubs.

v. 
  1. to make invalid;
    nullify:[~ + object]to void a check.
  2. to empty the bowels or urinate: [~ + object]to void the bowels.[no object]having trouble voiding.
void•a•ble, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
void (void),USA pronunciation 
  1. Lawhaving no legal force or effect;
    not legally binding or enforceable.
  2. useless;
    ineffectual;
    vain.
  3. devoid;
    destitute (usually fol. by of ):a life void of meaning.
  4. without contents;
    empty.
  5. Governmentwithout an incumbent, as an office.
  6. Mathematics(of a set) empty.
  7. Games(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

n. 
  1. an empty space;
    emptiness:He disappeared into the void.
  2. something experienced as a loss or privation:His death left a great void in her life.
  3. a gap or opening, as in a wall.
  4. a vacancy;
    vacuum.
  5. Printing[Typography.]counter3 (def. 10).
  6. Games(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:a void in clubs.

v.t. 
  1. to make ineffectual;
    invalidate;
    nullify:to void a check.
  2. to empty;
    discharge;
    evacuate:to void excrement.
  3. to clear or empty (often fol. by of ):to void a chamber of occupants.
  4. [Archaic.]to depart from;
    vacate.

v.i. 
  1. to defecate or urinate.
  • Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun, nominal) derivative of the adjective, adjectival
  • Anglo-French voider, Old French
  • Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (verb, verbal) Middle English voiden
  • Anglo-French, Old French
  • (adjective, adjectival) Middle English voide 1250–1300
void′ness, n. 
    3. 4. See empty. 5. vacant, unoccupied. 8. vacuum.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
void /vɔɪd/ adj
  1. without contents; empty
  2. not legally binding: null and void
  3. (of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied
  4. (postpositive) followed by of: destitute or devoid: void of resources
  5. having no effect; useless: all our efforts were rendered void
  6. (of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit: a void spade suit, she was void in spades
 n
  1. an empty space or area: the huge desert voids of Asia
  2. a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation
  3. a lack of any cards in one suit: a void in spades
 vb (mainly tr)
  1. to make ineffective or invalid
  2. to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents
  3. (also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be emptyˈvoider n
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