I. void 1 /vɔɪd/ BrE AmE noun [singular]
1 . a feeling of great sadness that you have when someone you love dies or when something is taken from you:
Running the business helped to fill the void after his wife died.
2 . a situation in which something important or interesting is needed or wanted, but does not exist:
The amusement park will fill a void in this town, which has little entertainment for children.
3 . literary an empty area of space where nothing exists:
She looked over the cliff into the void.
II. void 2 BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: voide , from Vulgar Latin vocitus , from Latin vacuus ; ⇨ ↑ vacuous ]
1 . technical a contract or official agreement that is void is not legal and has no effect SYN null and void
2 . void of something literary completely lacking something SYN devoid :
Her eyes were void of all expression.
III. void 3 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
law to make a contract or agreement void so that it has no legal effect