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1. n1) заст. ніщоall for naught — марно, даремно, даром
to bring to naught — спустошити, занапастити
to be naught — замовкнути, знітитися
2) мат. нуль (тж nought)2. adj1) мізерний; марний, даремний2) поганий, кепський3) пропащий* * *I [nxːt] n1) ніщо2) aмep. нуль; мaт. нульII [nxːt] a; іст.1) незначний; марний2) дурний; грішний; порочний3) загиблий -
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naught — Synonyms and related words: a little thing, aught, cipher, collapse, destruction, disaster, failure, goose egg, hardly anything, inessential, insignificancy, marginal matter, matter of indifference, mere nothing, minor matter, nada, nichts, nihil … Moby Thesaurus
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}.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
naught — (n.) O.E. nawiht nothing, lit no whit, from na no (from PIE root *ne no, not; see UN (Cf. un ) (1)) + wiht thing, creature, being (see WIGHT (Cf. wight)). Cognate with O.S. neowiht … Etymology dictionary
naught — /nɔt / (say nawt) noun 1. Archaic or Poetic nothing. 2. destruction, ruin, or complete failure: to bring to naught; to come to naught. 3. Chiefly US → nought (def. 1). –adjective Obsolete 4. worthless; useless. 5. lost; ruined. 6. morally bad;… …
naught — /nawt/, n. 1. nothing. 2. a cipher (0); zero. 3. come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail. 4. set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught. adj. 5 … Universalium
naught — pronoun archaic nothing. noun N. Amer. variant spelling of nought. Phrases come to naught be ruined or foiled. set at naught archaic disregard; despise. Origin OE nāwiht, wuht, from nā no + wiht thing (see wight) … English new terms dictionary
naught — I. pronoun also nought Etymology: Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht, from nā no + wiht creature, thing more at no, wight Date: before 12th century nothing < efforts came to naught > II. noun also … New Collegiate Dictionary
naught — n 1. zero, nothing, nothing at all, no such thing, nil, Sl. zip, Sl. goose egg; none, none whatever, no part, no degree, no quantity; nullity, nothingness. 2. failure, lack of success, defeat, frustration; destruction, collapse, disaster, ruin,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
naught — or nought [[t]nɔt[/t]] n. 1) nothing 2) a cipher (0); zero 3) lost; ruined 4) worthless; useless 5) Obs. not • come to naught Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE nauht, nāwiht=nā no I+wiht thing. Cf. nought, wight I, whit … From formal English to slang
To set at naught — 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
To set at naught — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English