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noth·ing    Audio Help   [nuhth-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
2.no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.
3.something that is nonexistent.
4.nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing.
5.something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health.
6.a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.
7.a person of little or no importance; a nobody.
8.something that is without quantity or magnitude.
9.a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine.
10.(used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it.
–adverb
11.in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question.
–adjective
12.amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job.
—Idioms
13.for nothing,
a.free of charge.
b.for no apparent reason or motive.
c.futilely; to no avail: They had gone to a great deal of expense for nothing.
14.in nothing flat, in very little time: Dinner was finished in nothing flat.
15.make nothing of,
a.to treat lightly; regard as easy.
b.to be unsuccessful in comprehending: He could make nothing of the complicated directions.
16.nothing but, nothing other than; only: We could see nothing but fog.
17.nothing doing,
a.Informal. emphatically no; certainly not.
b.no activity, inducement, advantage, etc., present to the eye: We drove through the town but there seemed to be nothing doing.
18.nothing less than or short of, absolutely; completely: She was used to nothing less than the best.
19.think nothing of,
a.to treat casually.
b.to regard as insignificant: He thinks nothing of lying to conceal his incompetence.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE nānthing, nathing; see no2, thing1]
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