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English adjective: zero | |||
| 1. | zero indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration | ||
| Samples | A zero score. | ||
| Synonyms | 0 | ||
| Similar | cardinal | ||
| Antonyms | ordinal | ||
| 2. | zero having no measurable or otherwise determinable value | ||
| Samples | The goal is zero population growth. | ||
| Similar | no | ||
| Antonyms | all, some | ||
| 3. | zero indicating an initial point or origin | ||
| Similar | ordinal | ||
| Antonyms | cardinal | ||
| 4. | zero of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) | ||
English noun: zero | |||
| 1. | zero (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, nix, nothing, null, zilch, zip, zippo | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relative quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, nihil, sweet Fanny Adams | ||
| 2. | zero (quantity) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | ||
| Synonyms | 0, cipher, cypher, nought | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | digit, figure | ||
| 3. | zero (cognition) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured | ||
| Synonyms | zero point | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | numerical quantity | ||
| 4. | zero (artifact) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sight setting | ||
English verb: zero | |||
| 1. | zero (change) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjust, correct, set | ||
| 2. | zero (change) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) | ||
| Samples | He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards. | ||
| Synonyms | zero in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjust, correct, set | ||
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