noun [U]
1 (especially BrE) the number 0, especially as the score in some games
SYNZERO:
Newcastle beat Leeds four nil / by four goals to nil.
2 nothing:
The doctors rated her chances as nil (= they did not exist).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nil is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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