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nil
noun
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 3
- Starts with
- N
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- I
- Scrabble score
- 3
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
nɪl
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
“it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”
In context
Example Sentences
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
reduced to nil all the work we had done
we racked up a pathetic goose egg
it was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
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