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nought
[nawt]
nought
/ nɔːt /
noun
the digit 0; zero: used esp in counting or numbering
noun
a variant spelling of naught
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of nought1
Example Sentences
“Who or what was I, any longer? My life, the life of London . . . of home and work . . . all that had somehow been set at nought, in the space of little more than a day.”
On nought, Knight was given out caught behind on the field but the third umpire overturned it, saying there "inconclusive" evidence there was no bat.
If they had caught Ravindra Jadeja on nought in Manchester, or any of the six they dropped in India's second innings here, it might have been different.
Crawley was on nought for 13 balls, finally taking a single off his 14th.
He got me out next ball for nought.
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When To Use
Nought means nothing or none, as in All of my efforts at winning the game were for nought because I lost badly.Nought also refers to zero. For example, if your math class is in Room One-Nought-Seven, it is in Room 107. The informal term noughties for the decade of 2000–2009 comes from this sense.Nought is an alternate spelling of naught, which has the exact same meaning.Example: I had nought to do with breaking the lamp, but my mother still thought I was involved.
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