zero

🇺🇸 /ˈzɪrəʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈzɪərəʊ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
numeral
A2

the number 0

Count down from five: five, four, three, two, one, zero.

A2

a temperature or measurement of 0 on a scale

The temperature dropped to zero degrees last night.

A2

nothing at all; the lowest possible amount

My chance of winning is zero.

verb
R

to set an instrument or control to zero

Please zero the scale before weighing.

translation

num. the number 0; a temperature or measurement of 0 on a scale; nothing at all; the lowest possible amount
v. to set an instrument or control to zero

Word Forms

Progressive zeroing
Past zeroed
3rd Present zeroes
Perfect zeroed