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Definition of "void" []

  • Containing no matter; empty. (adjective)
  • Not occupied; unfilled. (adjective)
  • Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See Synonyms at empty. (adjective)
  • Ineffective; useless. (adjective)
  • Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "void" in a sentence
  • "CoreText 0x9518ed83 TDescriptorSource:: CopyDescriptorForRequest (__CFDictionary const*, __CFSet const*, long (*) (void const*, void const*, void*), void*, unsigned long) const"
  • "CoreText 0x9517aef7 TDescriptorSource:: CopyDescriptorsForRequest (__CFDictionary const*, __CFSet const*, long (*) (void const*, void const*, void*), void*, unsigned long) const"
  • "In the second variant I have shown here the error is: commander. cc: In function 'void begin_collect_data (GtkObject*)': commander. cc: 92: error: invalid cast from type 'void*' to type 'drawing_area' which is really no surprise because I am trying to cast a pointer to a non-pointer."