naught

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Pronoun 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 See also 1.6 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• nought

[edit] Etymology

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht < Old English nawiht, "no whit".

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP): IPA: /nɔːt/, SAMPA: /nO:t/
• (US): enPR: nôt, IPA: /nɔːt/, SAMPA: /nO:t/
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  Rhymes: -ɔːt

• Homophones: nod (in accents with flapping and the cot-caught merger), not (in accents with the cot-caught merger), knot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

[edit] Noun

naught (uncountable)

1. zero

   Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.

2. nothing; nothingness

   Naught can come of this, you mark my words.

   (law) Affiant further sayeth naught.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Pronoun

naught

1. nothing

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[edit] See also

• aught
• naw
• negative
• no
• not
• nought
• ought
• zip

[edit] References

• naught in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913