Nought Definition

nôt
pronoun
Nothing; naught.
Webster's New World
noun
The figure zero (0)
Webster's New World

Naught.

Webster's New World

Nothing; something which does not exist.

Wiktionary

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

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

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adjective

Naught.

Webster's New World

Wicked, immoral.

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adverb

Naught.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Not.

Wiktionary
verb

To abase, to set at nought.

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Other Word Forms of Nought

Noun

Singular:
nought
Plural:
noughts

Origin of Nought

  • Middle English noght, from Old English nōwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ō-wiht which was a phrase used as an emphatic no meaning "not a thing". Eventually this degenerated into 'nought', 'nawt' and then 'not'.

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Nought Sentence Examples

  • The nawab alleged that his civil authority was everywhere being set at nought.

  • In the negotiations with England which went on in the summer of 1806 Talleyrand had not a free hand; they came to nought, as did those with Russia which had led up to the signature of a Franco-Russian treaty at Paris by d'Oubril which was at once disavowed by the tsar.

  • In 1808, as governor of the Hanse towns, he was to have directed the expedition against Sweden, via the Danish islands, but the plan came to nought because of the want of transports and the defection of the Spanish contingent.

  • To prevent confusion the zero or " nought " is introduced, so that the successive figures, beginning from the right, may represent ones, tens, hundreds,.

  • These he rejected, he knew of nought else, and in his theological system there was found no place for divinity.

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Words Starting With

NNONOU

Words Ending With

THTGHT

Unscrambles

nought

Words Starting With N and Ending With T

Starts With N & Ends With TStarts With NO & Ends With TStarts With N & Ends With HT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With N6 Letter Words Ending With T