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11 definitions found for aught
Aught AUGHT, n. aut.[L. qui, quae, quod, quid, what, to be the same word varied in orthography. This word should not be written ought.]
aught n 1: 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" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
aught ghaut
aught ɔ:t See: FOR AUGHT at FOR ALL(2), FOR ALL ONE KNOWS.
aught I. pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English āwiht, from ā ever + wiht creature, thing — more at aye, wight Date: before 12th century 1. anything 2. all, everything <for aught I care> <for aught we know> II. adverb Date: 13th century archaic at all III. noun Etymology: alteration (resulting from false division of a naught) of naught Date: 1872 1. zero, cipher 2. archaic nonentity, nothing
aught
Aught Aught, Aucht Aucht, n. [AS. ?ht, fr. [=a]gan to own, p. p. [=a]hte.] Property; possession. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Aught 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 Aught ([add]t), adv. At all; in any degree. --Chaucer.
aught n. Anything.
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |
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