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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

empty

/ˈɛmpti/

An illustration for empty

adjective1 of 2

containing nothing; with no contents

  • “Most of the time I feel my head is empty.”Tatoeba
  • “There was an empty seat in front of that seat.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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