Void Meaning
/vɔɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
adjHaving no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
Sentence Examples
The will was declared void by the court.
This bond is null and void.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract was declared ____ because it was never signed by both parties.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The contract was declared ____ because it had not been signed by both parties according to the rules today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I'll get me to a place more void."
— 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
"And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkeneſſe was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:2, column 1:
"divers great offices that had been long void"
— 1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC:
"Suppoſe they be in number infinit,
Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline,
All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […]
Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats
And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
"He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 11:12:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract was declared ____ because it was never signed by both parties.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The contract was declared ____ because it had not been signed by both parties according to the rules today.