for aught I know

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• for aught I know — for aught I know/care/ phrase an old phrase used for saying that you do not know whether something is true, or that you do not care Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym ways of saying that you do not caresynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• for aught I care — for aught I know/care/ phrase an old phrase used for saying that you do not know whether something is true, or that you do not care Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym ways of saying that you do not caresynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• aught — is an Old English word that survives only in the fixed expressions for aught I know and for aught I care, and as such is restricted to literary or archaic use …   Modern English usage

• aught — [ôt] n. [ME < OE awiht < a, ever + wiht, a creature, WIGHT1] 1. anything whatever [for aught I know] [< a naught 2. (see NAUGHT), by faulty separation into an aught] a zero adv. Archaic to a …   English World dictionary

• aught, ought, naught — Aught means any little part, in any respect : You are right for aught I know. Ought indicates duty, obligation: Everyone ought to attend the meeting. Naught means nothing, zero : Our work availed naught …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• aught — 1. pronoun /ɔːt,ɔt,ɑt/ anything to other objects, which for aught we know, may be only in appearance similar ; 2. noun /ɔːt,ɔt,ɑt/ a) zero b) The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught nine for 1909 or 2009 …   Wiktionary

• aught — aught1 /awt/, n. 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. adv. 2. Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. [bef. 1000; ME aught, ought, OE aht, awiht, owiht, equiv. to a, o ever + wiht thing, WIGHT1] aught …   Universalium

• aught — I or ought II [[t]ɔt[/t]] n. 1) anything whatever; any part: for aught I know[/ex] 2) archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE āht, āwiht, ōwiht=ā, ō ever +wiht thing, wight I II aught or ought III [[t]ɔt[/t]]… …   From formal English to slang

• aught — I. /ɔt / (say awt) noun 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. –adverb 2. Archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. {Middle English aught, ought, Old English āwiht, ōwiht at all, anything, from ā, ō ever + w …  

• aught — I. pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English āwiht, from ā ever + wiht creature, thing more at aye, wight Date: before 12th century 1. anything 2. all, everything < for aught I care > < for aught we know > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aught — UK [ɔːt] / US [ɔt] pronoun an old word meaning anything • for aught I know/care an old phrase used for saying that you do not know whether something is true, or that you do not care …   English dictionary