noun
Meaning 1
Emptiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vacuity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /væˈkjuːɪtɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈkjuːɪtɪ/
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UK: /vaˈkjuːɪti/
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noun
Meaning 2
Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Idleness; listlessness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
An empty or inane remark or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
total lack of meaning or ideas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, pointlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meaninglessness
noun
Meaning 6
a region that is devoid of matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vacuum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region, part
noun
Meaning 7
the absence of matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vacuum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emptiness
History
Etymology
From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَرَاغ (farāḡ) — emptiness
- Bulgarian: празнота (praznota) — emptiness
- French: vacuité — emptiness
- Georgian: სიცარიელე (sicariele) — emptiness
- Greek: κενότητα (kenótita) — emptiness
- Irish: foilmhe — emptiness
- Italian: vacuità — emptiness
- Japanese: 空 (kara) — emptiness
- Portuguese: vacuidade — emptiness
- Spanish: vacuidad — emptiness
- Arabic: فَرَاغ (farāḡ) — vacuum
- Arabic: حَيِّز (ḥayyiz) — vacuum
- Bulgarian: празнота (praznota) — vacuum
- Bulgarian: вакуум (vakuum) — vacuum
- French: vacuité — vacuum
- Georgian: ვაკუუმი (vaḳuumi) — vacuum
- Greek: κενό (kenó) — vacuum
- Japanese: 空 (kara) — vacuum
- Portuguese: vácuo — vacuum
- Spanish: vacuo — vacuum
- Portuguese: inatividade — idleness
- Portuguese: vacuidade — a pointless or inane remark