Null — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a quantity of no importance

lacking any legal or binding force

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈʌl/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈʌl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈʌl/

1 syllable Say it as /nˈʌl/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cipher nil cypher aught zilch zip nada void nix naught zippo zero goose egg nothing

Parts of Speech

noun	a quantity of no importance “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”
adjective	lacking any legal or binding force “null and void”

Word Forms

zero	verb	adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
nullity	noun	something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

nul

une quantité sans importance

🇪🇸Spanish

nulo

una cantidad sin importancia

🇮🇹Italian

nullo

una quantità senza importanza

🇳🇱Dutch

nul

een hoeveelheid van geen enkel belang

🇵🇹Portuguese

nulo

uma quantidade sem importância

🇷🇺Russian

нулевой

количество, не имеющее значения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

व्यर्थ

कोई महत्व नहीं की मात्रा

🇧🇩Bengali

নাল

কোন গুরুত্ব একটি পরিমাণ

🇮🇳Tamil

பூஜ்ய

முக்கியத்துவம் இல்லாத அளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

శూన్యం

ప్రాముఖ్యత లేని పరిమాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

शून्य

कोणतेही महत्त्व नसलेले प्रमाण

🇮🇳Gujarati

નલ

કોઈ મહત્વનો જથ્થો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶೂನ್ಯ

ಯಾವುದೇ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശൂന്യം

പ്രാധാന്യമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു അളവ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无效的

不重要的数量

🇯🇵Japanese

ヌル

重要ではない量

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vô giá trị

một số lượng không quan trọng

🇹🇭Thai

โมฆะ

ปริมาณที่ไม่มีความสำคัญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

batal

jumlah yang tidak penting

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

باطل

كمية لا أهمية لها

🇮🇷Persian

تهی

یک مقدار بی اهمیت

🇹🇷Turkish

hükümsüz

önemi olmayan bir miktar

🇮🇱Hebrew

בָּטֵל

כמות חסרת חשיבות

Test Yourself1 / 3

What is the primary definition of the word 'null'?

The primary meaning of 'null' is 'a quantity of no importance'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'null' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'null' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'null' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'null' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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