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• 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

• good-for-nought — …   Useful english 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 — 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

• 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 — Naught Naught (n[add]t), n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n[=a]wiht, n[=a]uht, n[=a]ht; ne not + [=a] ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See {No}, adv. {Whit}, and cf. {Aught}, {Not}.] 1. Nothing. [Written also {nought}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nought —  nothing ; nought good to, good for nothing. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• nought — [nɔːt] noun [C] 1) zero 2) nothing • noughts and crosses British a game for two players in which they take turns writing an X or an O in one of nine boxes until one player gets three Xs or three Os in a row[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• nought that's aught —  good for nothing; pronounced, NOWT THAT S OWT. York …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• nothing for nothing — a 1704 T. BROWN Works (1707) I. 131 Thou know’st the proverb, nothing due for nought. 1800 M. EDGEWORTH Castle Rackrent 167 Nothing for nothing, or I’m under a mistake with you, Jason. 1858 G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE Interpreter xxv. Sir… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Names for the number 0 in English — Wiktionary, the free dictionary, has entries for: aught cipher duck love naught …   Wikipedia