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come to nought

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  • come to nought — phrase to be unsuccessful All their plans came to nought. Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successfulsynonym Main entry: nought …   Useful english dictionary

  • come to nought — verb To fail completely; to have no result The Bank of Englands anti inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan. Syn: come to nothing …   Wiktionary

  • come to nought — to be unsuccessful All their plans came to nought …   English dictionary

  • 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 — [[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 — UK [nɔːt] / US [nɔt] noun [countable] Word forms nought : singular nought plural noughts 1) maths zero 2) nothing • come to nought …   English dictionary

  • come to nothing — verb To fail completely; to have no result. The Bank of Englands anti inflation efforts will come to nothing if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan. Syn: die in the ass, come to nought, go to shit …   Wiktionary

  • 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

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  • Newman, John Henry — • Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Newman, John Henry      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • John Henry Newman —     John Henry Newman     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Henry Newman     (1801 1890)     Cardinal Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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