adv
Meaning 1
For free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
for nothing
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adv
Meaning 2
For no reason.
In vain, uselessly, wastefully, or pointlessly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a drawer without reading it!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
For no reason.
Without cause or without due cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- A: Then he walked up to me and shoved me. B: What the hell? What for? A: For nothing!
- A: Then she filed suit against the restaurant. B: What the hell? For what? A: For nothing! Not so much for allegedly being negligent as for having some money that she might shake down!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for no good reason
Antonyms: not for nothing, with good reason
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: من دون مقابل — for free
- Dutch: voor niets — for free
- Finnish: ilmaiseksi — for free
- German: umsonst — for free
- German: für umsonst — for free
- Latin: grātīs — for free
- Māori: utukore — for free
- Polish: za darmo — for free
- Russian: зря (zrja) — for free
- Russian: да́ром (dárom) — for free
- Russian: впусту́ю (vpustúju) — for free
- Russian: без по́льзы (bez pólʹzy) — for free
- Scottish Gaelic: an-asgaidh — for free
- Spanish: de balde — for free
- Ottoman Turkish: بداوا (bedava) — for free
- Ngazidja Comorian: ɓure — for no reason
- Dutch: voor niets — for no reason
- Dutch: voor saus — for no reason
- Finnish: suotta — for no reason
- Finnish: turhaan — for no reason
- Finnish: tyhjän takia — for no reason
- French: pour rien — for no reason
- French: en pure perte — for no reason
- German: umsonst — for no reason
- German: für nichts — for no reason
- Ingrian: turhaa — for no reason
- Latin: nēquīquam — for no reason
- Latin: frustrā — for no reason
- Eastern Mari: арам (aram) — for no reason
- Eastern Mari: арамеш (arameš) — for no reason
- Eastern Mari: арамлан (aramlan) — for no reason
- Old English: on īdel — for no reason
- Plautdietsch: vejäfs — for no reason
- Polish: na marne — for no reason
- Russian: и́з-за пустяка́ (íz-za pustjaká) — for no reason
- Russian: напра́сно (naprásno) — for no reason
- Russian: понапра́сну (ponaprásnu) — for no reason
- Spanish: por gusto — for no reason
- Spanish: por las puras — for no reason
- Spanish: por las huevas — for no reason
- Spanish: por las puras huevas — for no reason
- Spanish: por las puras brevas — for no reason