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Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Antonyms
1.3.3 Derived terms
1.3.4 Translations
1.4 Verb
1.4.1 Antonyms
1.4.2 Derived terms
1.4.3 Translations
1.5 Noun
1.5.1 Derived terms
1.5.2 Translations
1.6 External links

English
Etymology
From Middle English emty, from Old English mti, metti (vacant, empty, free, idle,
unmarried, literally without must or obligation, leisurely), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out)
+ Proto-Germanic *mtij, *mt (must, obligation, need), *mti (ability,
accommodation), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure; to acquire, possess, be in
command). Related to Old English emtiian (to empty), Old English metta (leisure),
Old English mtan (must, might, have to). More at mote, meet.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mpti/
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empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)

1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. [quotations ]
an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
2. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed
to being null (having no valid value).
3. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of. [quotations ]
4. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. [quotations ]
5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. [quotations ]
empty words, or threats
6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. [quotations ]
empty pleasures
7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
empty dreams
8. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree. [quotations ]
an empty vine
9. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. [quotations ]
empty brains; an empty coxcomb
Synonyms
(devoid of content): unoccupied, clear, leer, toom, clean
Antonyms
full
(computing, mathematics): non-empty
Derived terms
Terms derived from empty (adjective)

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Translations
devoid of content

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Verb
empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple
past and past participle emptied)
1. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. [quotations ]
to empty a well or a cistern
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

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2. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the
Euxine. Horace White's 1899 translation of Appian (2nd C.)
Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River. Dixon
Entrance to Ketchikan (http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov
/nsd/xml2html.php?xml=coastpilot/files
/cp8/CPB8_E38_C04_20160620_1423_WEB.xml)
Antonyms
fill
Derived terms
empty the tank
Translations
to make empty

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Noun
empty (plural empties)
1. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
Derived terms
emptiness
run on empty
Translations
empty bottle

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External links
empty (http://www.websters1913.com/words/Empty) in Websters Revised Unabridged
Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
empty (http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=empty&
type=dicts) in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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