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empty
[emp-tee]
adjective
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents.
an empty bottle.
Antonyms: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.
destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually followed byof ).
Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.
without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless.
empty compliments;
empty pleasures.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,not employed in useful activity or work; idle.
empty summer days.
I'm feeling rather empty—let's have lunch.
without knowledge or sense; frivolous; senseless.
an empty head.
completely spent of emotion.
The experience had left him with an empty heart.
verb (used with object)
to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of.
to empty a bucket.
Synonyms: ,to discharge (contents).
to empty the water out of a bucket.
verb (used without object)
to become empty.
The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.
to discharge contents, as a river.
The river empties into the sea.
noun
plural
emptiesInformal.something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can.
Throw the empties into the waste bin.
empty
/ ˈɛɪ /
adjective
containing nothing
without inhabitants; vacant or unoccupied
carrying no load, passengers, etc
without purpose, substance, or value
an empty life
insincere or trivial
empty words
not expressive or vital; vacant
she has an empty look
informalhungry
devoid; destitute
a life empty of happiness
informaldrained of energy or emotion
after the violent argument he felt very empty
maths logic (of a set or class) containing no members
philosophy logic (of a name or description) having no reference
verb
to make or become empty
to discharge (contents)
to unburden or rid (oneself)
to empty oneself of emotion
noun
an empty container, esp a bottle
Other Word Forms
- emptiable adjective
- emptier noun
- emptily adverb
- emptiness noun
- overempty adjective
- quasi-empty adjective
- self-emptying adjective
- unemptied adjective
- unempty adjective
- ˈپ adjective
- ˈپ noun
- ˈپ adverb
- ˈپԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of empty1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
His version of twee has been hollowed out and boiled down to empty platitudes, bereft of any legitimately inspiring or actionable takeaways for the viewer.
So far, four wards - including the hostel canteen, the site of the crash - have been completely emptied out.
“The streets are empty. Nobody wants to come outside. And kids don’t want to go to school, especially kids who migrated here,” Villa said.
Although insured, Mr Reilly and Ms Thomas lost everything in the first flood so the property was empty when it was hit by last night's deluge.
But this week, even at what are typically its peak hours, tables sat empty.
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When To Use
Empty describes something as containing nothing or to remove contents from something. Empty also describes something that is meaningless. Empty has several other senses as an adjective and a verb.If something is empty, there is nothing in it. Empty is the opposite of full and is used to describe anything that has a complete absence of contents. Sometimes, empty has slightly different specific meanings depending on context. For example, an empty room might only lack people or it might be totally bare, with no furniture. Empty is also used in many figurative expressions, such as “an empty head,” meaning the person is unintelligent.
- Real-life examples: An empty box has nothing inside it. An empty refrigerator has no food or anything else inside of it. An empty gascan has zero gas in it.
- Used in a sentence: Luis drank the bottle of soda until it was totally empty.
- Used in a sentence: Antonio emptied the bucket of water into the river.
- Real-life examples: If you give an empty compliment, you don’t actually mean the compliment or believe it to be true. An empty gesture is one that you don’t intend on doing or that won’t have any effect, like offering to help your friend with math when you don’t understand the math problems, either. If you have an empty life, you think your life doesn’t have any meaning or purpose.
- Used in a sentence: My sister laughed at my empty threats of breaking her smartphone because she knew I would never actually do it.
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