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- Dictionarynaught/nɔːt/
pronoun
- 1. nothing: archaic "he's naught but a worthless fool"
noun
- 1. the digit 0; nought. North American
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All our efforts were for naught. All their plans came to naught (= did not achieve anything). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Something, anything, nothing, and everything. across-the-board. anything. aught. bazillion. bupkis.
1. : nothingness, nonexistence. 2. : the arithmetical symbol 0 : zero, cipher. Synonyms. Noun. aught. cipher. goose egg. nil. nothing. oh. zero. zilch. zip. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of naught in a Sentence.
Naught is a word for nothing that is used in specific ways, usually when a project or effort comes to naught. Definitions of naught. noun. a quantity of no importance. “it was all for naught ”. synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo. see more.
5 meanings: 1. archaic or literary nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure 2. → a variant spelling (esp US) of nought 3. → See.... Click for more definitions.
1. archaic or literary nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure. 2. (Mathematics) a variant spelling (esp US) of nought. 3. set at naught to have disregard or scorn for; disdain. adv. archaic or literary not at all: it matters naught. adj. obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked.
noun. archaic. nought. set at naught. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. adverb. archaic. not at all. it matters naught.
noun. Nonexistence; nothingness. American Heritage. Nothing. Webster's New World. Nought. Webster's New World. The figure 0; a cipher; a zero. American Heritage. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) ( now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero. Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team. Wiktionary. More Noun Definitions (1) Synonyms:
Definition of naught noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
NAUGHT definition: 1. nothing 2. the number 0. Learn more.
adv. archaic or literary not at all: it matters naught. adj. obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked.