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empty

US /ˈɛmpti/

adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

holding or containing nothing

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The meeting room was empty when I arrived this morning.

Word Family

NounNoun
empty gốc emptying emptiness
VerbVerb
empty gốc
AdjectiveAdj
empty gốc
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • vacantvoid of thought or knowledge
  • blanka blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
  • unoccupiednot held or filled or in use

Collocations

  • Easy empty box
    to empty box, meaning to make void or empty of contents
  • Medium empty office
    to empty office, meaning to make void or empty of contents
  • Hard empty promise
    to empty promise, meaning to make void or empty of contents
  • Very Hard empty rhetoric with no substance
    to empty rhetoric with no substance, meaning to make void or empty of contents

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