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1 nought
[no:t]1) (nothing.) τίποτα2) ((American zero) the figure 0: The number contained five noughts.) μηδέν,μηδενικό• -
2 Nought
subs.See Naught.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Nought
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3 nothing
1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) τίποτα2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) μηδέν3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) καθόλου- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
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4 zero
['ziərəu]plural - zeros; noun1) (nought; the number or figure 0: Three plus zero equals three; The figure 100 has two zeros in it.) μηδέν, μηδενικό2) (the point on a scale (eg on a thermometer) which is taken as the standard on which measurements may be based: The temperature was 5 degrees above/below zero.) μηδέν3) (the exact time fixed for something to happen, eg an explosion, the launching of a spacecraft etc: It is now 3 minutes to zero.) ώρα μηδέν -
5 Confound
v. trans.Throw into disorder: P. and V. συγχεῖν, ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, φύρειν (Plat.), κυκᾶν (Plat.), Ar. and V. δονεῖν (Æsch., frag.), Ar. and P. συγκυκᾶν (Plat.).Astonish: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Confound
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6 Naught
subs.How we are brought to nought: V. ὡς ἐς τὸ μηδὲν ἥκομεν (Eur., Hec. 622).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Naught
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7 Shadow
subs.P. and V. σκιά, ἡ.met., of one reduced to a shadow: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.We old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream: V. γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμʼ· ὀνείρων δʼ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα (Eur., frag.).Jot, tittle: see jot. Fight with shadows, v.: P. σκιαμαχεῖν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Shadow
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nought — [no:t US no:t] number 1.) BrE the number 0 = ↑zero ▪ A billion is 1 with 9 noughts after it. nought point one/two/three etc (=0.1, 0.2 etc) 2.) old use used in some expressions to mean nothing ▪ Peace negotiations came to nought (=were not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nought — (n.) O.E. nowiht nothing, variant of nawiht (see NAUGHT (Cf. naught)). Meaning zero, cipher is from early 15c. Expression for nought in vain is late 13c. To come to nought is from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
Nought — Nought, n. & adv. See {Naught}. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nought — UK US /nɔːt/ noun [C] UK ► the number 0 or zero: »0.4% (nought point four percent) »He s got several noughts on the end of his salary … Financial and business terms
nought — index nonentity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
nought — [ nɔt ] another spelling of naught … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nought — ► NOUN ▪ the digit 0. ► PRONOUN variant spelling of NAUGHT(Cf. ↑naught). ● noughts and crosses Cf. ↑noughts and crosses … English terms dictionary
nought — [nôt] pron. [ME < OE nowiht < ne, not (see NO1) + owiht, awiht, AUGHT] nothing; naught n. 1. Arith. the figure zero (0) 2. alt. sp. of NAUGHT adj. Obs. NAUGHT … English World dictionary
nought — [[t]nɔ͟ːt[/t]] noughts (The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2.) 1) NUM Nought is the number 0. [mainly BRIT] Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month... Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency... When you… … English dictionary
nought — naught, nought Naught is an archaic or literary word meaning ‘nothing’ and it survives chiefly in phrases such as come to naught or set at naught. In BrE nought is the term for the digit 0 (zero in AmE). The game called noughts and crosses in BrE … Modern English usage
nought — 1. noun a) Nothing; something which does not exist. b) A thing or person of no worth or value; nil. 2. adjective Wicked, immoral … Wiktionary