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–noun

1.	no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.

2.	no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.

3.	something that is nonexistent.

4.	nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing.

5.	something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health.

6.	a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.

7.	a person of little or no importance; a nobody.

8.	something that is without quantity or magnitude.

9.	a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine.

10.	(used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it.

–adverb

11.	in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question.

–adjective

12.	amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job.

—Idioms

13.

for nothing,

a.	free of charge.

b.	for no apparent reason or motive.

c.	futilely; to no avail: They had gone to a great deal of expense for nothing.

14.	in nothing flat, in very little time: Dinner was finished in nothing flat.

15.

make nothing of,

a.	to treat lightly; regard as easy.

b.	to be unsuccessful in comprehending: He could make nothing of the complicated directions.

16.	nothing but, nothing other than; only: We could see nothing but fog.

17.

nothing doing,

a.	Informal. emphatically no; certainly not.

b.	no activity, inducement, advantage, etc., present to the eye: We drove through the town but there seemed to be nothing doing.

18.	nothing less than or short of, absolutely; completely: She was used to nothing less than the best.

19.

think nothing of,

a.	to treat casually.

b.	to regard as insignificant: He thinks nothing of lying to conceal his incompetence.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE nānthing, nathing; see no², thing¹

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