Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - nonsense
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Nonsense
nonsense
I. noun Date: 1614 1. a. words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas b. (1) language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense (2) an instance of absurd action 2. a. things of no importance or value ; trifles b. affected or impudent conduct took no ~ from subordinates 3. genetic information consisting of one or more codons that do not code for any amino acid and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis • nonsensical adjective • nonsensically adverb • nonsensicalness noun II. adjective Date: 1799 1. consisting of an arbitrary grouping of speech sounds or symbols ?shro?g-?thi-?mpth is a ~ word a ~ syllable 2. consisting of one or more codons that are genetic ~ — compare antisense, missense
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n. 1 a (often as int.) absurd or meaningless words or ideas; foolish or extravagant conduct. b an instance of this. 2 a scheme, arrangement, etc., that one disapproves of. 3 (often attrib.) a form of literature meant to amuse by absurdity (nonsense verse). Derivatives nonsensical adj. nonsensicality n. (pl. -ies). nonsensically adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. noun 1) вздор, ерунда, чепуха, бессмыслица; - clotted nonsense - flat nonsense - talk nonsense 2) сумасбродство; бессмысленные поступки 3) абсурд, абсурдность 4) пустяки 2. interj. ерунда!, вздор!, глупости!, чушь, чепуха! ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly. Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense. ...all that poetic nonsense about love... ‘I’m putting on weight.’—‘Nonsense my dear.’ = rubbish N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. You can use nonsense to refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of. Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources... I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with. N-UNCOUNT: also a N, usu supp N c darkgreen]disapproval 3. You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense as nonsense. ...a children’s nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl. N-UNCOUNT 4. see also no-nonsense 5. To make a nonsense of something or to make nonsense of it means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless. The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made in London last week... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 »STUPID/UNTRUE« 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 methods are a load of nonsense. | talk nonsense) (He was talking utter nonsense as usual. | be a nonsense) (The whole idea's a complete nonsense.) 2 »WITHOUT MEANING« speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood (Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.) 3 nonsense poems/verse poetry that is humorous because it does not have a normal sensible meaning 4 »ANNOYING BEHAVIOUR« behaviour that is stupid and annoying (I wish they'd stop all this nonsense and be nice to each other for a change. | not stand any nonsense (=be very strict)) (She won't stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.) 5 make (a) nonsense of BrE to show that a previous action or idea was useless and had no meaning (Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year's democratic elections.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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