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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 their plans came to naught (= did not achieve anything). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Something, anything, nothing, and everything
1. : nothingness, nonexistence. 2. : the arithmetical symbol 0 : zero, cipher. Synonyms. Noun. aught. cipher. goose egg. nil. nothing.
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.
nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure. a variant spelling (esp US) of nought. set at naught. to have disregard or scorn for; disdain. adverb. archaic. not at all. it matters naught. adjective. obsolete. worthless, ruined, or wicked. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of naught 1.
1. archaicorliterary 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. archaicorliterary not at all: it matters naught. adj. obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked.
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.
(Definition of naught from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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: