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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Nothing \Noth"ing\, n. [From no, a. + thing.]
     1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word
        thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility;
        nothingness. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something
        irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative
        unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
                                                    --Is. xli. 24.
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              'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
              This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Nothing but, only; no more than. --Chaucer.
  
     To make nothing of.
        (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or
            important. ``We are industrious to preserve our bodies
            from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our
            souls to be slaves to our lusts.'' --Ray.
        (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he
            said.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Nothing \Noth"ing\, adv.
     In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.  --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The influence of reason in producing our passions is
           nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
                                                    --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the
        vessel close to the wind.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Nothing \Noth"ing\, adv.
     In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
  
           Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.  --Milton.
  
           The influence of reason in producing our passions is
           nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
                                                    --Burke.
  
     Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the
        vessel close to the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Nothing \Noth"ing\, n. [From no, a. + thing.]
     1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word
        thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
  
              Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. --Dryden.
  
     2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility;
        nothingness. --Shak.
  
     3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something
        irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative
        unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
  
              Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
                                                    --Is. xli. 24.
  
              'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
              This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
  
     Nothing but, only; no more than. --Chaucer.
  
     To make nothing of.
        (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or
            important. ``We are industrious to preserve our bodies
            from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our
            souls to be slaves to our lusts.'' --Ray.
        (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he
            said.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  nothing
       n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
            ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
            done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all
            for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nil,
             nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose
            egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip]
       2: a nonexistent thing [syn: nonentity]
       adv : in no way; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     Αγγλικά pron.
     (ετ αόριστη αντωνυμία en) τίποτα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     a.
     Completely unimportant.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) Not at all; in no way.
     n.
     1 Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
     2 A trivial remark {n-g|especially in the term (m en sweet
  nothings)}.
     3 A nobody (gl: insignificant person).
     pron.
     Not any thing; no thing.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     a.
     Completely unimportant.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) Not at all; in no way.
     n.
     1 Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
     2 A trivial remark {n-g|especially in the term (m en sweet
  nothings)}.
     3 A nobody (gl: insignificant person).
     pron.
     Not any thing; no thing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     a.
     Completely unimportant.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) Not at all; in no way.
     n.
     1 Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
     2 A trivial remark {n-g|especially in the term (m en sweet
  nothings)}.
     3 A nobody (gl: insignificant person).
     pron.
     Not any thing; no thing.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     a.
     Completely unimportant.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) Not at all; in no way.
     n.
     1 Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
     2 A trivial remark {n-g|especially in the term (m en sweet
  nothings)}.
     3 A nobody (gl: insignificant person).
     pron.
     Not any thing; no thing.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     Englanti pron.
     (indpron k=en substantiivinen) (fi-ei) mikään, (fi-ei) mikään

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nothing
     Engelska pron.
     ingenting

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  niks, niks nie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  لا شيء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  1. нищожество
  a nobody, a person of no consequence
  2. дреболия
  something trifling, or of no consequence or importance

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  1. ни́що, нищо
  not any thing
  2. ни́що
  something trifling

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  ničem

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  ničeho

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  nic

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  Nichts 
        "be left with nothing"  - vor dem Nichts stehen
        "build sth. up out of nothing"  - etw. aus dem Nichts aufbauen
        "built up out of nothing"  - aus dem Nichts aufgebaut
   see: show up from out of nowhere
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  nichts, nix  [ugs.]
        "nothing against …, but"  - nichts gegen …, aber
        "nothing and nobody"  - nichts und niemand
        "good for nothing"  - zu nichts zu gebrauchen
        "next to nothing"  - fast nichts, so gut wie nichts
        "We could think of nothing to say."  - Es fiel uns nichts ein., Uns fiel nichts ein.
        "leave nothing undone"  - nichts unversucht lassen
        "I have found nothing better."  - Ich habe nichts Besseres gefunden.
        "She contributed next to nothing."  - Sie hat so gut wie nichts beigetragen.
     Synonyms: negation + anything, nix
  
   see: nothing but, not anything but, nothing else, I don't want anything., nothing doing, no chance, no such thing, I haven't found anything better., Nothing of the sort!
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  
  τίποτα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  ei mitään
  a nobody, a person of no consequence

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  1. ei mitään, ei mikään
  not any thing
  2. ei mitään
  something trifling

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  le néant, rien

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  pioc

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/ 
  1. कुछ~नहीं
        "There is nothing as refreshing as lemon juice."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  malenkost, nepostojanje, nestvarnost, ništa, ništica, nula, sitnice, tričarija

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  1. semmit sem
  2. semmit
  3. jelentéktelen személy
  4. nulla
  5. semmiség
  6. zéró
  7. jelentéktelen esemény
  8. egyáltalán nem
  9. semmi
  10. jelentéktelen dolog

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  nol
  not any thing

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  何でもない, 別に, 何も...ない
  not any thing

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  nihil

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  1. niekas, menkniekis
  2. mažmožiai, smulkmenos
  3. nė kiek, visai ne

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  niemendal, niets, nihil, niks

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  ingenting 2.
  something trifling
   3.
  not any thing

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  coisa alguma, nada, nenhuma coisa

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  nada

From English-Serbian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-srp ]

  nothing /nʌθiŋ/
  ништа

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  ingen
  a nobody, a person of no consequence

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  nothing //ˈnʌθɪŋ// /[ˈnʌʔn̩]/ 
  1. ingenting, inget, intet
  not any thing
  2. ingenting, bagatell, inget
  something trifling

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  nothing /nˈʌθɪŋ/
  1. hiç bir şey
  2. sıfır
  3. önemsiz şey veya kimse
  4. hiç
  5. hiçlik, yokluk
  6. hiç bir suretle, asla, katiyen. Nothing doing (k.dili) Olmaz. Ben karışmam. nothing like benzemez, hiç de değil. for nothing bedava
  7. boşuna
  8. sebep yokken. in nothing flat ABD (argo) bir an evvel, hemen. make nothing of önem vermemek
  9. anlayamamak. next to nothing hemen hemen hiç.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnəθɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "nothing":
     a little thing, a nobody, a nothing, aught, bagatelle, blank,
     cipher, clean slate, common man, dud, dummy, empty space,
     figurehead, good-for-nothing, goose egg, hardly anything,
     hollow man, inanity, inessential, insignificancy, jackstraw,
     lay figure, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw,
     marginal matter, matter of indifference, mediocrity, mere nothing,
     minor matter, nada, naught, nebbish, nichts, nihil, nihility, nil,
     nix, no great matter, no such thing, no-account, no-good, nobody,
     nobody one knows, nonentity, nothing at all, nothing in particular,
     nothing on earth, nothing to signify, nothing whatever,
     nothingness, nought, nullity, obscurity, ought, paltry affair,
     peanuts, peu de chose, pip-squeak, punk, puppet, pushover,
     rien du tout, runt, scarcely anything, scrub, shrimp, small fry,
     small potato, small potatoes, squirt, squit, tabula rasa,
     technicality, thing of naught, trifle, unworthy, vacuum, valueless,
     void, whiffet, whippersnapper, wind, zero, zilch
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 无,不关紧要之事,零;
  ad. 毫不,决不;
  int. 什麽也没有,无;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Nothing
     n. 无,不关紧要之事,零
     ad. 毫不,决不
     int. 什么也没有,无

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