What does naught mean?
Definitions for naught
nɔtnaught
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Princeton's WordNet
nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo(noun)
a quantity of no importance
"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
naught(noun)
complete failure
"all my efforts led to naught"
Wiktionary
naught(Noun)
(now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero.
Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
Etymology: From the naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from nawiht, "no whit".
naught(Noun)
(now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Nothing; nothingness.
Etymology: From the naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from nawiht, "no whit".
naught(Pronoun)
nothing
Etymology: From the naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from nawiht, "no whit".
Webster Dictionary
Naught(adverb)
nothing
Etymology: [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Naught(adverb)
the arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher
Etymology: [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Naught(adverb)
in no degree; not at all
Etymology: [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Naught(adj)
of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless
Etymology: [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Naught(adj)
hence, vile; base; naughty
Etymology: [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Naught
nawt, n. no-whit, nothing.—adv. in no degree.—adj. of no value or account: worthless: bad.—Be naught, an obsolete form of malediction; Come to naught, to come to nothing, to fail; Set at naught, to treat as of no account, to despise. [Another form of nought. A.S. náht, náwiht—ná, not, wiht, a whit.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of naught in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of naught in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of naught in a Sentence
Do naught to others which, if done to thee, would cause thee pain: this is the sum of duty.*
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
I'm so sorry. I've devoted the last 15 years to taking care of these boys and really to shaping their morals. Now it's all for naught.
If we are not able to recoup some of these losses during this period, it's all for naught.
Crime is naught but misdirected energy.
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