empty
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈɛmpti/
:
vacío
- Children in these schools suffer as a result of these empty teaching positions.
- empty space
- empty box
- empty bottle
There is no such thing as an empty space or a vacuum.
- There is no such thing as an empty space or a vacuum.
- We see the person in charge at an empty seat here today.
- By the way, the little soapy thing is empty, but we will fill it.
- Addiction fills all of the empty spaces in our life.
- And is space truly as empty as it seems?
- So leave that one empty, go to the next one.
- It's how full or empty our dopamine pool is.
- Some universes would be empty, others would be full of life.
Examples
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He looked around the empty room and wondered who had lived there.
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Did you get the empty room cleaned up yet?
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The beach is just completely empty apart from him.
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We see the person in charge at an empty seat here today.
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But we know that even in empty space we have light.
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Eventually, you know, the three of us, we take cover in this empty house.
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The cup is still empty, not that I checked.
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I was the only one at the funeral sitting next to an empty seat.
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Today the "permanent" station on Cornwall Island stands empty, except for the presence of Mohawk Security forces.
Academic text (2011) -
They won't be back till Sunday night, so, you see, the house is empty.
Synonyms
217
2.2
Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface
104
2.6
Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job
11
5.3
Having no useful ideas or emotion
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3.4
Empty and not used by anyone
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4.9
Completely empty and not containing anything
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7.9
Empty space with nothing inside
Having nothing inside, like an empty box
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How Empty
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Etymology
Empty comes from an old English word æmtig that meant 'not occupied' or 'without things'. So a room or bottle that is empty is simply 'not filled' with people or objects.