nil
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5.1
- noun
- /nɪl/
- UK
- Our results suggest that the short-term effect of such a policy on performance is nil.
- almost nil
- practically nil
- virtually nil
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- Where do you start with this seven nil against Liverpool?
- You know that quotient has has gone to nil by by this point.
- He wasn't the referee, but that game was a really dull nil, nil draw by all accounts.
- I'm a big sports fan and I thought my favorite moment in sport ever was Liverpool winning the Champions League when we came from three nil down.
- I'll never forget it was one nil Carlos always he scored.
- Again, it was a game that we're listen, we're two nil down at half time weren't great.
- We'd go out, it's nil, nil and I get man of the match.
- If we because he did say the words, I want to bring you on with the score still close and it was it was it was they were winning one nil, so was close.
Examples
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Potential for errors is virtually nil.
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The chances of that happening today, in that fashion, are effectively nil.
Academic text (2016) -
Marketing costs were nil as we had already developed a relationship with them.
Blog text (2) -
Second and related, support for some other system of government is almost nil.
Academic text (2002) -
The contribution of the agricultural sector to the national revenue was almost nil.
Academic text (1992) -
And imagine what happened: my debt plummeted to almost nil, and my savings skyrocketed to an all-time high.
Blog text (7) -
Salary and fringe benefits are low, prospects for advancement are nil, and relationships with supervisors are often antagonistic.
Academic text (1997) -
The results of the experiment showed nil improvement over the previous version.
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Her chances of winning the competition were nil after missing the qualifying round.
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In the final match, the home team lost by a score of two goals to nil.
Synonyms
701
9.9
Not anything or zero
462
1.0
No thing present in a place or situation
122
1.0
A number that means nothing or no amount
46
9.4
Nothing at all
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8.3
The state of having no value, result, or importance
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8.1
Nothing at all often used informally to mean zero
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8.1
A score or total of zero
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9.9
Nothing of value or importance
2
7.5
A number that shows no amount
1
9.9
A written note showing nothing was found or done after an attempt
1
9.9
A score of zero points in a contest
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
An annual climbing plant with bright, ruffled flowers often grown in gardens
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Nil comes from the old Latin word nihil, which means 'nothing', and you can see the same root in annihilate ('make nothing'). So nil means 'zero' or 'no amount', like saying there is 'nothing' there.