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Naught Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Naught has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Pron · Num

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

complete failure

"all my efforts led to naught"

3

Nothingness.

Pron
1

Nothing.

Num
1

Alternative spelling of nought

Example Sentences
"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" noun
"reduced to nil all the work we had done" noun
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg" noun
"it was all for naught" noun
"I didn't hear zilch about it" noun
"all my efforts led to naught" noun
See Also
fall through nowt nought ought not aught noot zip
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
relative quantity failure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
nihil bugger all
Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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