Nonsense

  • 11nonsense — ► NOUN 1) words that make no sense. 2) foolish or unacceptable behaviour. 3) an absurd or unthinkable scheme, situation, etc. DERIVATIVES nonsensical adjective nonsensically adverb …

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  • 12nonsense — [nän′sens΄, nän′səns] n. [ NON + SENSE] 1. words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all 2. things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities 3. impudent, foolish, or evasive behavior adj. 1. designating or of… …

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  • 13Nonsense — For other uses, see Nonsense (disambiguation). For Wikipedia policy regarding nonsense, see Wikipedia:Patent nonsense. Nonsense is a communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. Sometimes in… …

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  • 14nonsense — non|sense S3 [ˈnɔnsəns US ˈna:nsens] n [U] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stupid/untrue)¦ 2¦(annoying behaviour)¦ 3¦(without meaning)¦ 4 make (a) nonsense of something 5 nonsense poems/verse/rhymes ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(STUPID/UNTRUE)¦ ideas, opinions, statements etc that… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15nonsense — non|sense [ nan,sens, nansens ] noun uncount ** 1. ) ideas, behavior, or statements that are not true or sensible: So you believe the nonsense about ghosts? it is nonsense to do something: It is nonsense to say that they re not paid enough. it is …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16nonsense */*/ — UK [ˈnɒns(ə)ns] / US [ˈnɑnˌsens] / US [ˈnɑnsens] noun 1) [singular/uncountable] ideas, behaviour, or statements that are not true or sensible So you believe the nonsense about ghosts? it is nonsense to do something: It is nonsense to say that… …

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  • 17nonsense — 01. What you are saying is [nonsense]. No one would ever agree to it. 02. It is total [nonsense] to suggest that man and dinosaurs lived at the same time. 03. If you ask me, ESP, communication with spirits, new age religion, and all that crap is… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 18nonsense — n. 1) to speak, talk nonsense 2) to put up with, tolerate nonsense 3) (colloq.) (AE) to cut the nonsense 4) arrant (lit.), complete, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, total, utter nonsense 5) nonsense to + int. (it was sheer nonsense to trust them) …

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  • 19nonsense — noun (U) 1 STUPID/UNTRUE (U) ideas, opinions, statements etc that are untrue or stupid: all this nonsense about health foods | “She says she s 39.” “Nonsense!” | a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense): If you ask me, these modern teaching… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20nonsense — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, arrant (old fashioned), complete, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ Most of his theories are arrant nonsense …

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