void

English

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Etymology

From Old French vuit, voide (modern vide).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

void (not comparable)

1. Having lost all legal validity

   null and void

2. (computing, programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value.
   • 2005, Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns

     In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.

   • 2007, Andrew Krause, Foundations of GTK+ Development

     The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.

Translations

Having lost all legal validity

Dutch: ongeldig (nl), nietig (nl) Finnish: mitätön, mitätöity French: nul (fr) German: ungültig (de), nichtig (de) Hungarian: érvénytelen (hu), semmis (hu)

Indonesian: batal (id) Interlingua: nulle, invalide Norwegian: ugyldig (no) Polish: nieważny m. Portuguese: nulo (pt) m., inválido (pt) m.

Noun

Wikipedia void (plural voids)

1. An empty space; a vacuum.

   Nobody had crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

2. (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies

Translations

An empty space; a vacuum

Danish: tomrum (da) n. Dutch: vacuüm (nl), leegte (nl) Finnish: tyhjiö (fi) French: vide (fr) m., néant (fr) German: Leere (de) f. Hungarian: üresség (hu), űr (hu) Indonesian: hampa Interlingua: vacuo

Italian: vacuo (it) m., vuoto (it) m. Norwegian: intet (no) n., tomhet (no) m., vakuum (no) n. Polish: pustka f. Portuguese: vazio (pt) m., vácuo (pt) m. Serbian: praznina (sr) f., празнина (sr) f. Slovene: praznina (sl) f. Spanish: vacío (es) m.

Verb

void (third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, depart.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.16:

     suche ii brethren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge, wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye.

2. (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.

   He voided the check and returned it.

3. (transitive) (medicine) To empty.

   void one’s bowels

Synonyms

• (1): annul, cancel
• (2): evacuate

Translations

to make invalid or worthless

Dutch: annuleren, ongeldig maken Finnish: mitätöidä (fi) French: annuler (fr), résilier (fr), révoquer (fr) German: löschen, anullieren

Indonesian: membatalkan (id) Interlingua: annullar, invalidar Norwegian: annulere (no), gjøre ugyldig (no) Portuguese: anular (pt), invalidar (pt)

(medicine) to empty

Dutch: legen (nl) Finnish: tyhjentää (fi) German: entleeren (de), leeren (de) Hungarian: ürít (hu)

Indonesian: mengosongkan (id) Interlingua: vacuar, evacuar Norwegian: tømme (no) Portuguese: esvaziar (pt), evacuar (pt)

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