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empty

 
 
/ˈempti/ adjective

Translation

CONTAINING NOTHING If something is empty, it does not contain any things or people.
boş
an empty house/street empty bottles/glasses The train was completely empty when it reached London.1925
NO MEANING having no meaning or value
manasız, değersiz, boş
an empty promise/threat 1925
emptiness noun [U]
boşluk
(Definition of empty adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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