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Meaning of Nil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
nɪl

Definitions

  1. Initialism of nanoimprint lithography.
  2. Nothing; zero.
  3. Initialism of name, image, and likeness.
  4. A score of zero

Equivalents

العربية لا شيئ
Български нищо нула
Bosanski dim nada nula нула
Čeština nic nula
Cymraeg dîm
Deutsch null
Ελληνικά μηδέν
Esperanto nenio
Suomi nolla
Français Nil zéro
Gàidhlig neoni
Galego cero nada
עברית כלום
Hrvatski dim nada nula нула
日本語 にる
한국어 제로
Kurdî dim nîç niç Nîl zero zêro
Nederlands nul
Polski figa figowy zero
Português nada
Русский ничто ноль
Српски dim nada nula нула
Svenska noll
Українська нічого нуль

Examples

“Sedatives, contrary to popular lay and medical opinion, are invaluable in those who are not aided by the simpler means. Bromides, barbital and its innumerable offspring may be used with success, their administration being supplemented with a word of warning as to the evasion of any advice from the community grandmothers contrary to its use. The danger of forming a habit is to my mind nil, except in the few instances in which patients have felt that if a little is good more is better. The necessity for not advising the patient of the nature of the remedy, except that it is not a “dope,” is obvious. An alternation of remedies is advisable in long standing cases, and its practice never reveals any tendency to habit formation.”
“As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil.”
“The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.”
“In states that have passed NIL-related laws – Alabama, Florida and Georgia, among others – athletes would be able to participate in NIL activities that are “consistent with the laws.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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