1. No thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it. 2. No part; no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole. 3. One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.
n. 1. Something that has no existence. 2. Something that has no quantitative value; zero: a score of two to nothing. 3. One that has no substance or importance; a nonentity: A nothing is a dreadful thing to hold onto (Edna O'Brien).
adj.
Insignificant or worthless: the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor (Bosley Crowther).
adv.
In no way or degree; not at all: She looks nothing like her sister.
Idioms: for nothing
1. Free of charge. 2. To no avail: all that trouble for nothing. 3. For no reason: fired him for nothing.
in nothing flat In very little time; very quickly.
nothing doing Informal Certainly not.
Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. See Usage Note at none.
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