Definitions for nought
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. zero, 0, nought, cipher, cyphernoun

   a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. noughtnoun

   Nothing; something which does not exist.

2. noughtnoun

   A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.

3. noughtnoun

   Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.

4. noughtnoun

   The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.

5. noughtverb

   To abase, to set at nought.

6. noughtadverb

   To no extent; in no way; not at all.

7. noughtadverb

   Not.

8. noughtpronoun

   Nothing; zero.

9. noughtadjective

   Good for nothing; worthless.

10. noughtadjective

    Wicked, immoral.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Noughtnoun

   Etymology: ne auht , not any thing, Saxon;

   1. Not any thing; nothing.

   In young Rinaldo fierce desires he spy’d,
   And noble heart, of rest impatient,
   To wealth or sovereign power he nought apply’d. Edward Fairfax.

   Who cannot see this palpable device?
   Yet who so bold, but says he sees it not?
   Bad is the world, and it will come to nought,
   When such ill dealings must be seen in thought. William Shakespeare.

   Such smiling rogues as these sooth ev’ry passion;
   Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks
   With ev’ry gale and vary of their masters,
   As knowing nought, like dogs, but following. William Shakespeare.

   Ye are of nothing, and your werk of nought. Is. xli. 24.

   Be frustrate all ye stratagems of hell,
   And devilish machinations come to nought. Par. Reg.

   2. To set at nought; not to value; to slight; to scorn; to disregard.

   Ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. Prov. i. 25.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nought

   0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usually by 10. As a number, 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and other algebraic structures. Common names for the number 0 in English are zero, nought, naught (), nil. In contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter O, the number is sometimes pronounced as oh or o (). Informal or slang terms for 0 include zilch and zip. Historically, ought, aught (), and cipher, have also been used.

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1. nought

   Nought is a term used to refer to the number zero (0). It can also mean nothing or none. Additionally, in the British English, it is used to refer to a score of zero in certain games.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nought

   see Naught

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nought

   nawt, n. not anything: nothing.—adv. in no degree.—Set at nought, to despise. [Same as Naught.]

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1. Nought

   Naught vs. Nought -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Naught and Nought.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nought' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1514

Anagrams for nought »

1. hutong

2. hognut

How to pronounce nought?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nought in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of nought in a Sentence

1. Lot Chakonza:

   Choose to take care of the careless and you will end up having nought

2. Aesop:

   I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

3. Homer:

   Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.

4. Robert Burns:

   The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy

5. Homer, The Odyssey:

   Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.

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