zero

Definition:
1. The lowest possible amount or level; nothing at all.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
4. The quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale.
5. Adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value.

Use 'zero' in a sentence:

• 1. The answer is zero.
• 2. That night the mercury fell to thirty degrees below zero.
• 3. It's a sunny late winter day, just a few degrees above zero.
• 4. They're now both zero.
• 5. It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
• 6. Five, four, three, two, one, zero … We have lift-off.
• 7. Is it zero, less than zero or more than zero?
• 8. Five, four, three, two, one, zero. We have lift-off.
• 9. I will zero them.
• 10. Their new device reduced labour costs to almost nil/ zero.
• 11. When the temperture is below zero, water freeses and ice forms.
• 12. It was 18 degrees below zero.
• 13. Critics have zeroed in on his plan to raise gasoline taxes 10 cents a gallon.
• 14. Now, it's zero.
• 15. The thermometer fell to zero last night.
• 16. The temperature in Arizona drops to below zero overnight.
• 17. We won the football game with a score of 4 to zero.
• 18. The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten.
• 19. Our team won by three goals to nil/ zero.
• 20. Water becomes solid when the temperature goes down to zero.
• 21. Visibility at the city's airport came down to zero, bringing air traffic to a standstill.
• 22. One minus one leaves nought [zero].
• 23. If it's not zero today, it will be zero tomorrow.
• 24. They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same resources.
• 25. Water freezes at zero degrees centigrade.
• 26. This is nearly zero.
• 27. If a home generates more power than it uses, the bill is zero.
• 28. I'm from zero.
• 29. My chances of winning are almost zero.
• 30. I rated my chances as zero.
• 31. Most people in fact got full marks in one question and zero in the other.
• 32. The thermometer had fallen to zero.
• 33. Many of the other major daily newspapers have not really zeroed in on the problem.
• 34. Retirees are earning near-zero interest on their savings.
• 35. Zero plus any number gives that number again, and zero times any number gives zero.
• 36. His knowledge of the subject is practically nil/ zero.
• 37. His chances are zero.
• 38. He that promises too much means zero.
• 39. Most of the time, the temperature stays below zero.
• 40. He raised the binoculars again and zeroed in on an eleventh-floor room.
• 41. This new ministry was being created with zero assets and zero liabilities.
• 42. One minus one leaves nought [ zero].
• 43. That means getting to zero and staying at zero.
• 44. They have a policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
• 45. Amongst the population at large the support for the present regime is virtually zero.
• 46. The fuel gauge reads below zero.
• 47. Temperatures will not rise above zero tonight.
• 48. My guess is that the chance that these vaccines will work is zero.
• 49. One minus one is zero.
• 50. You've left off a zero.
• 51. The zero waste lifestyle, she adds, is for everyone.
• 52. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be "zero impact".
• 53. It was ten degrees below zero last night.