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Meaning of nonsense

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

nonsense

Pronunciation:/ˈnɒnsəns//ˈnɑnsɛns/

noun

Definitions

  1. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

    Example: After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

  2. An untrue statement.

    Example: He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.

  3. That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

  4. Something foolish.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make nonsense of;

  2. To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

  3. To joke around, to waste time

adjective

Definitions

  1. Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

  2. Nonsensical

interjection

Definitions

  1. An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.