empty
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English emty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtiġian (“to empty”), Old English ǣmetta (“leisure”), Old English mōtan (“must, might, have to”). More at mote, meet.
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Adjective [edit]
empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)
- Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
- 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Synonyms [edit]
- (devoid of content): unoccupied, clear, leer, toom, clean
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Terms derived from empty (adjective)
Translations [edit]
devoid of content
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Verb [edit]
empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple past and past participle emptied)
- (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
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Translations [edit]
to make empty
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Noun [edit]
empty (plural empties)
- A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
- Put the empties out to be recycled.
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Translations [edit]
empty bottle
External links [edit]
- empty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- empty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
