Nil has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Det
Noun
1
a quantity of no importance
"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"
2
Nothing; zero.
"The NIL process uses a mold to create nanoscale patterns on the substrate."
3
Initialism of nanoimprint lithography.
In plain English: Nil means nothing, zero, or not having any value at all.
"The match ended with a nil score for both teams."
Det
1
No, not any.
"The survey results showed nil support for the new policy."
Example Sentences
"The match ended with a nil score for both teams."
noun
"The football match ended with a nil score for both teams."
noun
"There was a complete silence in the room, amounting to nil noise."
noun
"She claimed there were no errors left, so her count of mistakes was nil."
noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Origin
The word nil comes from the Latin nīl, which is a shortened form of nihil meaning "nothing." It is related to words like nihilism and nihility.