empty

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɛmptiː/

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• Hyphenation: emp‧ty

Adjective

Positive empty

Comparative emptier

Superlative emptiest

1. If something is empty, it has nothing inside it.

   Hey! You finished my beer. It's empty.

Verb

Plain form empty

Third-person singular empties

Past tense emptied

Past participle emptied

Present participle emptying

1. If you empty something, you remove everything in that item.

   I will empty the bins.