nonsense

CEFRB1

/ˈnɒn.səns/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Words or ideas that have no meaning or sense.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An untrue statement.

Examples

  • Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.

  • It is time you put a stop to this nonsense.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

  2. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

  3. Something foolish.

More examples

In context

  • Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.

  • After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

  • While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god.

Synonyms

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His explanation was pure blank and did not answer any of our questions.

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Origin

noun

From non- (“no, none, lack of”) + sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”).