| Definitions | nonsense
noun
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
- (by extension) An untrue statement.
- He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by w:Edward Lear, Edward Lear.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
Translations: - Dutch: flauwekul}} (g(nl, nonsens, m), m(nl, onzin), t-, nl)Dutch
- French: non-sens(fr, sottise, f, {{t-, fr)m
- German: Blí¶dsinn , Nonsens , Quatsch (colloquial), Unsinn ,
- Italian: sciocchezza(it)f
- Spanish: f(es, tonterías)p, estupidez(es)f
verb to nonsense
- To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
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