empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents.

These adjectives mean without contents that could or should be present. Empty is the broadest and can apply to what lacks contents (an empty box), occupants (an empty seat), or …

1 day ago · empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple past and past participle emptied) (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the …

He says his life has been completely empty since his wife died. I felt empty, like a part of me had died.

Definition of empty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments.

Empty is the opposite of full and is used to describe anything that has a complete absence of contents. Sometimes, empty has slightly different specific meanings depending on context.

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There are 29 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word empty, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Empty (God Lives Underwater album) or the title song, 1995 Empty (Nils Frahm album), 2020 Empty (Tait album) or the title song, 2001