zero

Speech parts

1. zero - Noun

2. zero - Adjective

3. zero - Verb

4. zero - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A cipher; nothing; naught.

The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nix cypher nones nada cero love shrimp nadir nil nonexistence tare nihil origin nothing neither

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Antonyms

deuteronomy acme meridian mayor some all

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Hypernyms

set figure correct adjust digit relative quantity

Hyponyms

nihil Fanny Adams bugger all fuck all

Phrases with the word

zero hour zero-sum game zero tolerance zero-valent two-zero big zero

Derivatives

zeros zeroes

Examples

To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be. Leonhard Euler

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. Arthur C. Clarke

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. Garrett Hardin

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were. Hans Blix

There is zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain

You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it. Scott McNealy

Close letter words and terms

Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory Zermelo-Fraenkelian Zermeno zero air zero amount zero article