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empty

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛmpti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛmpti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(emp′tē)

Inflections of 'empty' (adj):

Inflectionsemptynnpl

emptier: adj comparative

emptiest: adj superlative

Inflections of 'empty' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

empties: v 3rd person singular

emptying: v pres p

emptied: v past

emptied: v past p

WordReference
Definition
Synonyms
English Collocations

Huvudsakliga översättningar
Engelska	Svenska
empty adj	(without contents)	tom adj
I drank all my coffee, and now my cup is empty!
Jag drack allt mitt kaffe och nu är min kopp tom!
empty [sth]⇒ vtr	(remove contents)	tömma vtr
Empty that box please, I need to use it for my books.
Töm den lådan, är du snäll! Jag behöver använda den till mina böcker.

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Ytterligare översättningar
Engelska	Svenska
empty adj	(vacant, not in use)	tom adj
obrukad adj
(ödemark, ödetomt etc)	öde- adj
We can build on the empty space beside us.
empty adj	(without people)	tom adj
The driver took the empty bus back to the depot.
empty adj	(devoid of)	tom adj
tom på adj + prep
His face was empty of expression.
empty adj	(superficial)	tom adj
Cosmetics offer the empty promise of eternal youth.
empty adj	(without force)	tom adj
All these politicians are giving us is empty rhetoric; we want action!
empty adj	(mathematics: null)	tom adj
The empty set has no elements.
empty adj	(frivolous)	innehållslös adj
meningslös adj
banal adj
He thought that chat shows were empty entertainment.
empty n	(container without content) (glas, fat, låda etc)	tom- s
The full ones are on the left and the empties on the right.
empty⇒ vi	(waterway)	utlöpa vitr
ha sitt utlopp i vbal uttr
The river empties into the gulf.
empty vi	(become empty)	tömmas vitr
As the water leaks out, the bath will eventually empty.
empty [sth]⇒ vtr	(unload)	lasta ur ngt vtr partikel oskj
tömma vtr
The removals men emptied the van.

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Partikelverb
Engelska	Svenska
empty [sth] out, empty out [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(container, pockets: take out contents)	tömma vtr
tömma ut ngt vtr partikel oskj
We emptied out the entire bottle of red wine.
empty out vi phrasal	(room: of people)	tömmas vitr
The hall emptied out as people left for home.

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Sammansatta former:
Engelska	Svenska
empty chair n as adj	(non-attendance) (bildlig)	tom stol s
frånvaro- s
The other side in the negotiations adopted an empty chair strategy in response to the disagreement.
empty-chair [sb]⇒ vtr	UK, often passive (display chair of [sb] refusing to debate)	visa en stol tillhörande ngn som inte deltar -
Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning.
The politician refused to attend the debate, so the presenter empty-chaired him.
empty [sth] out, empty out [sth] vtr + adv	(take out: contents of [sth])	tömma vtr
hälla ut vtr + prep
Jessica emptied out the contents of her handbag onto the kitchen table.
empty stomach n	(state: not having eaten)	fastande mage adj + s
(informell)	tom mage adj + s
It's not a good idea to drink alcohol on an empty stomach.
empty suit n	US, figurative, pejorative, informal (powerful, ineffectual person)	känslokall person s
empty words npl	informal (talk: insincere) (bildlig)	tomma ord spl
prat, snack s
empty-handed adj	(carrying nothing)	tomhänt adj
med tomma händer uttr
While I was bringing in the groceries, my brother just stood there empty-handed without even offering to help!
empty-handed adj	figurative (having gained nothing)	tomhänt adj
After a week of searching, they still came back empty-handed.
empty-headed adj	(unintelligent, silly) (nedsättande)	korkad adj
dum adj
idiotisk adj