nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
(noun) a quantity of no importance; âit looked like nothing I had ever seen beforeâ; âreduced to nil all the work we had doneâ; âwe racked up a pathetic goose eggâ; âit was all for naughtâ; âI didnât hear zilch about itâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aught
anything whatsoever, any part.
Meaning of "zero" by confusion with naught. Used amongst those who were once called "non-U" speakers of English.
aught (plural aughts)
whit, the smallest part, iota.
(archaic) zero
The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.
The use of "aught" and "ought" to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word "aught" originally meant the opposite of "naught": "anything". This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of speakers confusing the meanings of "aught" and "naught" due to similar-sounding phonemes.
aught (not comparable)
(archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.
aught (uncountable)
(regional) Estimation.
(regional) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
(regional, rare, obsolete) Esteem, respect.
In the first sense, generally found in the phrase "in one's aught" as inË "In my aught, this play ain't worth the candle". In the second sense, generally found in the phrase "of aught" as inË "nothing of aught has happened since you've been away, Sir". In the third sense, generally found in the phrase "a man of aught", or rarely in the more archaic phrase "to show somebody or something (some) aught" as inË "show your mother some aught, son".
aught (plural aughts)
Property; possession
Duty; place; office
aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)
to own, possess
to owe, be obliged or obligated to
aught (comparative more aught, superlative most aught)
possessed of
aught
Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.
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Source: Wiktionary
Aught, Aucht, n. Etym: [AS. , fr. agan to own, p. p. ahte.]
Definition: Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Aught, n. Etym: [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. awiht, a ever + wiht. *136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.]
Definition: 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, adv.
Definition: At all; in any degree. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; âthe directionality of written English is from left to rightâ
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