NIL

nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

(noun) 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’t hear zilch about it”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nil (usually uncountable, plural nils)

Nothing; zero.

Determiner

nil

No, not any.

Anagrams

• -lin, Lin, Lin., lin, lin.

Noun

NIL (uncountable)

(nanotechnology) Initialism of nanoimprint lithography.

Anagrams

• -lin, Lin, Lin., lin, lin.

Source: Wiktionary


Nil. Etym: [See Nill, v. t.]

Definition: Will not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nil, n. & a. Etym: [L., a contr. of nihil.]

Definition: Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. A. J. Ellis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RIGHT

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