void
void / void/ • adj. 1. not valid or legally binding: the contract was void. ∎ (of speech or action) ineffectual; useless: all the stratagems you've worked out are rendered void. 2. completely empty: void spaces surround the tanks. ∎ (void of) free from; lacking: what were once the masterpieces of literature are now void of meaning. ∎ formal (of an office or position) vacant. 3. (in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit.• n. 1. a completely empty space: the black void of space. ∎ an emptiness caused by the loss of something: the void left by the collapse of communism. ∎ an unfilled space in a wall, building, or structure. 2. (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards.• v. [tr.] 1. declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding: the Supreme Court voided the statute. 2. discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.). ∎ chiefly Med. excrete (waste matter). ∎ [usu. as adj.] (voided) empty or evacuate (a container or space).DERIVATIVES: void·a·ble adj.void·ness n.