Kilo Lingo

/ˈnʌθɪŋ/

Line drawing of nothing
Coloured illustration of nothing
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Translation

Not one thing; no thing at all.

Word origin

From no plus thing, so the word names not a single thing.

Origin
Old English
Root
no and thing

Examples

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"Nothing" means not one thing is inside.

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Here "nothing" means he did not say a single word.

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"Nothing" can be the subject of the sentence, and it takes a singular verb.

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This word is part of lesson 3.