THE MEANING OF ‘OUGHT’

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naught

nôt/

pronoun

archaic

pronoun: naught

1. 1.

   nothing.

   "he's naught but a worthless fool"

   synonyms:

   nothing, nothing at all, no point, no purpose, no effect; More nil, zero; informalzilch, zip, nada, diddly-squat "all his efforts will have been for naught"

noun

North American

noun: naught; plural noun: naughts

1. 1.

   the digit 0; zero.

Origin

Old English nāwiht, -wuht, from nā ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing’ (see wight).

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