Nada

Definition: Nada

Nada

Noun

1. A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".

"Nada" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be generous", "the dew".

Date "nada" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

Specialty Definition: Nada

Domain	Definition
Agriculture	New animal drug applications. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Nada

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NADA	English	National Automobile Dealers Association	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Nada

Synonyms: aught (n), cipher (n), cypher (n), goose egg (n), naught (n), nil (n), nix (n), nothing (n), null (n), zero (n), zilch (n), zip (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nada

Non-English Usage: "Nada" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Galician (nothing), Indonesian (chord, tone), Papiamen (nothing), Portuguese (anything, damn, iota, naught, nil, nix, none, not an ace, nothing, nothingness, nought, null, ought, zero, zilch), Portuguese Brazilian (nothing), Serbo-Croatian (hope), Spanish (any, aught, naught, nil, Nix, none, not any the, not at all, nothing, nothingness, nought, nowt, peanuts).

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Modern Usage: Nada

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	He nose dove and sold nada (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)
Movie/TV Titles	Morir por nada (1974) El Bueno para nada (1973) Nada menos que todo un hombre (1971) Nadie dijo nada (1971) Nada... llamaban a la puerta (1970)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nada

Domain	Title
Books	The Blue Devils of NADA (reference) Cuando NADA Te Basta (reference) Nada Brahma: The World Is Sound: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness (reference) The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma Music and the Landscape of Consciousness (reference) Variaciones alredor de nada ; Prosas de Gaspar ; Farrago (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Nada Antique Classic & Special Interest Motorcycle Appraisal Guide (reference) Nada Manufactured Housing Appraisal Guide - Cd-rom (reference) Nada Older Marine Appraisal Guide (reference) Atd Nada Official Commercial Truck Guide (reference) Nada Marine Guide (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Nada Como el Sol ... (reference) Nada Himalaya (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Nada

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Nada. Credit: Library of Congress.		Nada para el fascismo en Chile. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Nada

"Piano" by Laura Giraudo
Commentary: "El piano de mi casa, donde improvisamos jazz y no nos sale nada lindo (mentira)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nada

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Nicaragua	Vehicles and Automobile Parts and Equipment: Nicaragua imported $16.1 million worth of vehicles from the United States in 2000, a decrease of 9 percent from 1999. Import taxes on used cars are now applied based on NADA "Blue Book" values. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Nada

"Nada" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.54% of the time. "Nada" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	61.54%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	38.46%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Nada

The following table summarizes the usage of "nada" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Nada	First name Female	3,000	1,854
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Nada

"Nada" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be generous", "the dew".

The following table summarizes names related to "Nada."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Nada	Female	Arabic	N/A
Nadya	Female	Arabic	Nada
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Nada

Expression using "nada": NADA daiquiri. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nada

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
nada	19,008	nada price	54
nada blue book	2,012	nada auto	50
nada guide	548	nada appraisal guide	50
nada book	408	car nada	48
nada surf	329	motorcycle nada	47
nada boat	275	nada values	47
nada used car guide	115	com nada	46
nada book value	112	car nada values	46
nada used car price	112	nada hole in one insurance	43
lyrics nada surf	93	nada hole in one	43
miedo nada sin	92	golf nada	43
dering nada	85	nada insurance	43
nada price guide	82	nada blue book rv	42
nada used car	78	nada boat values	42
car nada value	73	nada book values	41
nada value	72	nada blue book values	40
nada rv	67	dering nada nokia	35
nada car price	64	es nada peor	34
alex miedo nada sin ubago	60	home mobile nada	32
nada chair	60	nada official used car guide	32
		car nada used value	32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Nada

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nada": nadas. (additional references)
	Words ending with "nada": aficionada, empanada, panada. (additional references)
	Words containing "nada": aficionadas, empanadas, gonadal, monadal, nonadaptive, panadas, unadaptable, unadapted, vanadate, vanadates. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nada"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nada" (pronounced nÄ"du)
3	-Ä" d u	Armada, enchilada, Hamada, Posada.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Nada

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-n"
	-1 letter: ana, and.
	-2 letters: aa, ad, an, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-n"
	+1 letter: adman, aland, daman, nadas, naiad, panda, vanda.
	+2 letters: adnate, adnexa, agenda, aidman, alands, anadem, anodal, badman, canard, damans, dharna, indaba, landau, madman, maenad, naiads, navaid, padnag, panada, pandas, radian, randan, sandal, vandal, vandas.
	+3 letters: abandon, adamant, addenda, adenoma, adnexal, adrenal, advance, agendas, anadems, andante, aneared, ansated, antacid, araneid, armband, badland, bandage, bandaid, bandana, bandeau, bandora, beadman, cadenza, calando, canaled, canards, candela, candida, dalapon, daphnia, darshan, daysman, deadpan, decanal, dharnas, drayman, fazenda, gardant, garland, gonadal, grandad, grandam, grandma, grandpa, handbag, handcar, handsaw, hardpan, hatband, headman, indabas, ladanum, lalland, lanated, landaus, landman, laniard, lanyard, leadman, madonna, madrona, maenads, managed, mandala, mandate, mandola, manmade, mansard, manward, monadal, monarda, nadiral, naiades, nandina, navaids, padnags, paladin, panadas, pandani, pandora, pandura, pintada, radians, radiant, randans, sandals, sandbag, sandbar, sanddab, sandman, sardana, scandal, scandia, tabanid, tamandu, tankard, tanyard, vanadic, vandals, vanward, veranda, wakanda, weasand, weazand, yardman, zenaida.
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