About The Word Aught
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Aught
Aught Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Aught?
[n] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Aught: cipher | cypher | goose egg | nada | naught | nil | nix | nothing | null | zero | zilch | zip Related Terms | Find terms related to Aught: aggrandize | any | any one | anybody | anyone | anything | augment | beef up | boost | cipher | either | enlarge | exalt | expand | extend | goose egg | heighten | hike | magnify | multiply | nada | naught | nichts | nihil | nil | nix | no such thing | nothing | nothing at all | nothing on earth | nothing whatever | raise | some | something | somewhat | thing of naught | zero | zilch See Also | bugger all | Fanny Adams | fuck all | nihil | relative quantity | sweet Fanny Adams Aught In Webster's Dictionary \Aught\, Aucht \Aucht\, n. [AS. ?ht, fr. [=a]gan to own,
p. p. [=a]hte.]
Property; possession. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
\Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a] ever + wiht. [root]136. See {Aye} ever, and {Whit}, {Wight}.] Anything; any part. [Also written {ought}.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. --Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison. \Aught\ ([add]t), adv. At all; in any degree. --Chaucer. |
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