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English noun: nix | |||
| 1. | nix (quantity) a quantity of no importance | ||
| Samples | It looked like nothing I had ever seen before. Reduced to nil all the work we had done. We racked up a pathetic goose egg. It was all for naught. I didn't hear zilch about it. | ||
| Synonyms | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relative quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, nihil, sweet Fanny Adams | ||
English verb: nix | |||
| 1. | nix (communication) command against | ||
| Samples | I forbid you to call me late at night. Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store. Dad nixed our plans. | ||
| Synonyms | disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | command, require | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ban, bar, criminalise, criminalize, debar, enjoin, exclude, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw | ||
| Antonyms | countenance, permit, allow, let | ||
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