How to pronounce“nonsense”in English
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Definitions of “nonsense”
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
“After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.”
An untrue statement.
“You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever.”
To make nonsense of;
“At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.”
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
“"They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."”
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