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nothing outstanding definition, nothing outstanding meaning | English Cobuild

nothing[nothingsplural]          1pronNothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
I've done nothing much since coffee time..., Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits..., He was dressed in jeans and nothing else..., There is nothing wrong with the car.              2pronYou use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him..., While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade..., She kept bursting into tears over nothing at work..., Do our years together mean nothing?
Nothing is also a noun., n-countusu sing
It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really...              3pronIf you say that something cost nothing or is worth nothing, you are indicating that it cost or is worth a surprisingly small amount of money.
The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing..., Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for $350,000 are now worth nothing.              4pronYou use nothing before an adjective or `to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated.
PRON adj, PRON to-inf
Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special..., There was nothing remarkable about him..., All kids her age do silly things; it's nothing to worry about.              5pronYou can use nothing before `so' and an adjective or adverb, or before a comparative, to emphasize how strong or great a particular quality is.
PRON so adj/adv, PRON compar[emphasis] Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system..., I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting..., There's nothing better than a good cup of hot coffee.              6You can use all or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all.
all or nothingphrasev-link PHR
Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.              7If you say that something is better than nothing, you mean that it is not what is required, but that it is better to have that thing than to have nothing at all.
better than nothingphrasev-link PHR
After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.              8You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without `to', or an `-ing' form to mean `only'.
nothing butphrasePHR n/inf/-ing
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy..., It did nothing but make us ridiculous..., They care for nothing but fighting.              9If you say that there is nothing for it but to take a particular action, you mean that it is the only possible course of action that you can take, even though it might be unpleasant.
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there is nothing for itphraseV inflects, PHR but to-inf, PHR but n
Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...              10You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
nothing if notphrasev-link PHR adj[emphasis] Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional...              11People sometimes say `It's nothing' as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
it's nothingconvention
[formulae] [=don't mention it]
`Thank you for the wonderful dinner.'