Void
WordNet
adjective
(1) Containing nothing
"The earth was without form, and void"
(2) Lacking any legal or binding force
"Null and void"
noun
(3) An empty area or space
"The huge desert voids"
"The emptiness of outer space"
"Without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
(4) The state of nonexistence
verb
(5) Excrete or discharge from the body
(6) Take away the legal force of or render ineffective
"Invalidate a contract"
(7) Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
"The chemist voided the glass bottle"
"The concert hall was voided of the audience"
(8) Declare invalid
"The contract was annulled"
"Void a plea"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Having lost all legal validity
- null and void
- That does not return a value.
- 2005, Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns
- In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.
- 2007, Andrew Krause, Foundations of GTK+ Development
- The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.
- 2005, Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns
Noun
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- Nobody had crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
Verb
- To withdraw, depart.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.16:
- suche ii brethren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge, wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.16:
- To make invalid or worthless.
- He voided the check and returned it.
- To empty.
- void one’s bowels