naught

• nought

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne +‎ aught.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nôt, IPA^(key): /nɔːt/
• (US) enPR: nôt, IPA^(key): /nɔt/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: nät, IPA^(key): /nɑt/

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• Homophones: not, knot (cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔːt

naught

1. Nothing.

   Naught can come of this, you mark my words.

   • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56:

     My day starts where yesterday's had finished - at St Pancras, only this time on Thameslink and the subterranean station I first visited when it was naught but an empty box. Now it's a vital cross-London interchange.

naught (countable and uncountable, plural naughts)

1. (archaic) Nothingness.
2. (chiefly US, dated) Alternative spelling of nought.

• naughty

naught

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).

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

• “naught”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

naught

1. alternative form of nought

naught

1. alternative form of nought

naught

1. alternative form of nought

naught

1. alternative form of nought