[vɔɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not valid or legally binding
(e.g: the contract was void)

- completely empty
(e.g: void spaces surround the tanks)

- (in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit
(e.g: there is a danger that one of the opponents will be void in that suit)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider

[vɔɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a completely empty space
(e.g: the black void of space)

- (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards
(e.g: a hand with a singleton club is more likely than one with a void)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider

[vɔɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding
(e.g: the Supreme court voided the statute)

- discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.)
(e.g: the gases are usually voided into the mechanism)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider