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(nɪl)
1. number
Nil means the same as zero. It is usually used to say what the score is in sports such as rugby or football.
[British]
They beat us one-nil in the final.
nought
2. uncountable noun
If you say that something is nil, you mean that it does not exist at all.
Their legal rights are virtually nil.
The heating in winter was almost nil.
More Synonyms of nil

nil in British English

(nɪl)
noun
another word for nothing: used esp in the scoring of certain games
Word origin
C19: from Latin

nil in American English

(nɪl)
noun
1. 
nothing
adjective
2. 
zero; so small as not to be measurable
our chances were nil
Word origin
L, contr. of nihil

Examples of 'nil' in a sentence
nil

It is hard to score nil in rugby but we managed it comfortably.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then it will be nil by mouth for a while.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
By then its chances of survival were nil.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It scored nil on aesthetics, but was back of the net for flavour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They may as well have stuck a "nil by mouth' sign on my head.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
He's used to scoring nil points at the moment.
The Sun (2013)
The Millers are two wins from two so far and could be back to nil points by early October.
The Sun (2008)
We applaud you for making the news, but we give you nil points for chic, elegance or originality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
TEN points to the French and nil points to the English on this one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
nil

British English: nil /nɪl/ NOUN
in sport Nil means the same as zero. It is often used in scores of sports games.
They lost two nil to the other team.
  • American English: nothing zero
  • Arabic: لَا شَيْءَ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: nada
  • Chinese: 零
  • Croatian: nula
  • Czech: nula sport
  • Danish: nul
  • Dutch: nul
  • European Spanish: cero nada
  • Finnish: nolla
  • French: néant
  • German: Null
  • Greek: μηδέν
  • Italian: zero
  • Japanese: 零
  • Korean: 영
  • Norwegian: null
  • Polish: nic
  • European Portuguese: nada
  • Romanian: zeroscor sportiv
  • Russian: ноль
  • Latin American Spanish: cero
  • Swedish: noll
  • Thai: ศูนย์
  • Turkish: sıfır
  • Ukrainian: нуль
  • Vietnamese: không
British English: nil NOUN
non-existent If you say that something is nil, you mean that it does not exist at all.
Their legal rights are virtually nil.
  • American English: nil
  • Brazilian Portuguese: zero
  • Chinese: 不存在
  • European Spanish: cero
  • French: zéro
  • German: null
  • Italian: zero
  • Japanese: ゼロ
  • Korean: 무
  • European Portuguese: zero
  • Latin American Spanish: cero

Chinese translation of 'nil'

nil

(nɪl)

n

  1. (u) (Brit, Sport) 零 (líng)
    they lost two nil to Italy 他们(們)以0比2输(輸)给(給)意大利队(隊) (tāmen yǐ líng bǐ èr shūgěi Yìdàlì duì)
  2. their chances of survival are nil 他们(們)没(沒)有幸(倖)存的可能 (tāmen méiyǒu xìngcún de kěnéng)

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nought
1 (noun) 
Definition
nothing: esp. as a score in games
The score was two–nil.
Synonyms
nothing
love
duck
zero
A man's sperm count drops to zero.
zip (US, slang)
2 (noun) 
Definition
nothing: esp. as a score in games
The chances of success are virtually nil.
Synonyms
zero
nothing
none
naught
zilch (slang)
zip (US, slang)
nihil

Synonyms of 'nil'

nil

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