nought

CEFRB2

/nɔːt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The number zero or nothing.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • All of his hard work eventually came to nought after failure.

  • I teach kids from nought to five years old.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /noːt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Nothing; something which does not exist.

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

More examples

In context

  • It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care nought about it.

  • 0.335 cm is nought/zero point three three five of a centimeter.

  • It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The score was nil and the team had blank points at the end of the game.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not.