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nought Definition

nought (nôt)

nothing; naught

Etymology: ME < OE nowiht < ne, not (see no) + owiht, awiht, aught

noun

  1. Arith. the figure zero (0)
  2. naught

adjective

Obsolete naught

adverb

Archaic naught

nought Synonyms

nought

n.

naught, not anything, cipher; see nothing.

nought Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • add: They get you scared and then they can add another naught to the end of the bill, " said Hobson.
  • play: I lose my breath at biking and as for that mixed hiking I'd rather play noughts and crosses with you.
  • know: At last he said: " I know naught of your ways down South.
  • say: I attended many of them and probably was on one or two myself, but memory says naught.
  • do: If your question is serious then I can do naught but put it to you that you haven't watched the last nine races.
  • get: Succeed, and you'll get a naught on its square.

Preposition: on

  • end: There would be more noughts on the end of a successful libel award than there are in the Sri Lankan telephone directory.
  • earth: Our daies are full of dolor and disease, Our life afflicted with incessant paine, That naught on earth may lessen or appease.

Adjective modifier

  • many: God isn't interested in how many noughts there are on the check.
  • 3d: For an admittedly high price you receive two cassettes containing Chess, Backgammon, Drafts and 3D Noughts and Crosses.
  • few: In order to resuscitate the economy, Ahadi has decided to trim a few noughts off the value of the old currency.
  • right: But a difficulty at once confronts us -- Where can we fix our ' right ascension naught ' ?
  • more: There would be more noughts on the end of a successful libel award than there are in the Sri Lankan telephone directory.

Modifies a noun

  • thy: Or why dost thou set at naught thy brother?
  • point: One twentieth of Stuart's monthly intake is far better than naught point something, trust me.
  • brother: Or why dost thou set at naught thy brother?
  • work: So that naught work in thy wit, nor in thy will, but only God Himself.

Noun used with modifier

  • murmur: Tell her, all this, ye gentle Strings, that move In softest Notes, and murmur naught but Love.
  • thou: Tell me, thou vnknowne power 1 He knowes thy thought: Heare his speech, but say thou naught 1 Appar.
  • play: In pairs, play noughts and crosses and give the adequate translation of the words in the grid.

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