naught
or nought
[ nawt ]
/ nɔt /
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noun
a cipher (0); zero.
adjective
lost; ruined.
Archaic. worthless; useless.
Obsolete. morally bad; wicked.
adverb
Obsolete. not.
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Idioms for naught
come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.
Origin of naught
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH naught
naught , noughtWords nearby naught
NAU, nauch, Naucratis, Naugahyde, Naugatuck, naught, naughty, naughty nineties, naughty step, naumachia, naumachy
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British Dictionary definitions for naught
naught
/ (nɔːt) /
noun
archaic, or literary nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure
a variant spelling (esp US) of nought
set at naught to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
adverb
archaic, or literary not at allit matters naught
adjective
obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked
Word Origin for naught
Old English nāwiht, from nā no 1 + wiht thing, person; see wight 1, whit
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Idioms and Phrases with naught
naught
see come to nothing (naught).
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