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   empty

   /ˈɛm(p)ti/

   adjective

   • 1. containing nothing; not filled or occupied: "she put down her empty cup" Similar vacantunoccupieduninhabiteduntenantedclearfreebaredesolatedesertedabandonedcontaining nothingwithout contentsunfillednot filledvoidemptiedOpposite fullfull
   • ▪ (of a set) containing no members or elements.
   • 2. (of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity: "their promises were empty words" Similar meaninglessaimlessworthlessuselessidlevaininsubstantialineffectiveineffectualfutilepointlesspurposelessmotivelessworthlessmeaninglessvaluelessof no valueuselessof no usesenselesshollowbarrenunsatisfactoryunimportantinsignificantinconsequentialtrivialtriflingnugatoryOpposite meaningfulworthwhile
   • 3. having no value or purpose: "her life felt empty and meaningless" Similar meaninglessaimlessworthlessuselessidlevaininsubstantialineffectiveineffectualfutilepointlesspurposelessmotivelessworthlessmeaninglessvaluelessof no valueuselessof no usesenselesshollowbarrenunsatisfactoryunimportantinsignificantinconsequentialtrivialtriflingnugatoryOpposite meaningfulworthwhile

   verb

   • 1. remove all the contents of (a container): "we empty the till at closing time" Similar unloadunpackunburdendisburdenclearmake vacantvacateevacuatevoidrare:unladeOpposite fillload
   • ▪ remove (the contents) from a container: "he emptied out the contents of his briefcase" Similar draindischargedraw offextractwithdrawremovesiphon offpump outpour outtapmilkbleeddepleteexhaustuse upsapconsume
   • ▪ (of a place) be vacated by people in it: "the pub suddenly seemed to empty"
   • ▪ (of a river) flow into (the sea or a lake): "the river's southern stream emptied into the estuary"

   noun

   • 1. a bottle or glass left empty of its contents: informal "the barman collected the empties"

   Word Origin Old Englishǣmtig, ǣmetig ‘at leisure, empty’, from ǣmetta ‘leisure’, perhaps from ā ‘no, not’ + mōt ‘meeting’ (see moot).

   Derivatives

   • 1. emptily adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • English (US)

     EMPTY meaning: 1. not containing any things or people: 2....

   • Znaczenie Empty, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     EMPTY definicja: 1. not containing any things or people: 2....

   • Empty: Italian Translation

     EMPTY translate: vuoto, vuotare, svuotare, vuotarsi,...

   • Empty: Japanese Translation

     EMPTY translate: からっぽな, ～をからにする, ～がからになる, 空（から）の, むなしい,...

   • Empty: Catalan Translation

     empty translate: buit, buidar, buidar-se. Learn more in the...

   • Empty: Korean Translation

     EMPTY translate: 빈, 비우다, 비다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Empty: French Translation

     empty translate: vide, vide, vain/vaine, (se) vider, vide,...

   • Empty Spanish Translation

     EMPTY translate: vacío, vaciar, vaciarse, vacío/cía...

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   Definitions of empty. adjective. holding or containing nothing. “an empty glass” “an empty room” “full of empty seats” “ empty hours” synonyms: bare, stripped. having everything extraneous removed including contents. blank, clean, white. (of a surface) not written or printed on. empty-handed. carrying nothing in the hands. glassy, glazed.

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   containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. Antonyms: full. having no occupant or occupants; vacant; unoccupied: an empty house. without cargo or load: an empty wagon. destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.

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