"aughts" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /oːts/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK], /ɒts/ [Canada, New-England], /ɔts/ [US], /ɑts/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɒːts, -ɔːts, -ɑːts Etymology: From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aughts (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the first through tenth years of a century (chiefly the 2000s). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Decades
    Sense id: en-aughts-en-adj-roLoZwDX Disambiguation of Decades: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oughts

Noun

IPA: /oːts/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK], /ɒts/ [Canada, New-England], /ɔts/ [US], /ɑts/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɒːts, -ɔːts, -ɑːts Etymology: From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} aughts pl (plural only)
  1. The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties. Tags: plural, plural-only Derived forms: mid-aughts, late-aughts
    Sense id: en-aughts-en-noun-tAKqc3Mh Related terms: 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1300s · 1310s · 1320s · 1330s · 1340s · 1350s · 1360s · 1370s · 1380s · 1390s, 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oughts

Alternative forms

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