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nothing

not·hing

UK/ˈnʌtɪŋ/ US/ˈnʌθɪŋ/ very common
noun (2) adverb (1)

noun

1.

a quantity of no importance

  • “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”
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2.

adverb

1.

in no way; to no degree

  • “he looks nothing like his father”

Origin

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

Phrases

  • hill of beans
  • row of pins

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