"emptiness" meaning in All languages combined

See emptiness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛm(p)tɪnɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-emptiness.wav [US] Forms: emptiness [singular], [plural]
Etymology: empty + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|empty|ness}} empty + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Emptiness is a sense of sadness from lack of purpose, missing a person, etc.
    Sense id: simple-emptiness-en-noun-iwkI~sVj
  2. Emptiness is a sense that something does not have the usual contents.
    Sense id: simple-emptiness-en-noun-WLwnVsF7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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          "text": "We will have to cross emptiness of space to find new worlds."
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