"nought" meaning in English

See nought in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /nɔːt/ Audio: En-us-nought.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nought}} Middle English nought, {{inh|en|ang|nōwiht}} Old English nōwiht, {{compound|en|ne|ought}} ne + ought, {{compound|en|ne|a|wight}} ne + a + wight, {{doublet|en|naught|not}} Doublet of naught and not Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} nought
  1. (obsolete) Good for nothing; worthless. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-nought-en-adj-7zYWvKlx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 3 3 31 1 2 11 11 2 1 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 24 5 3 30 1 1 13 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 5 2 32 0 2 12 11 2 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 2 19 0 1 7 7 1 1 1 7 1 0 19 1 4 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 1 22 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 9 1 0 22 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
  2. Wicked, immoral.
    Sense id: en-nought-en-adj-LcETg-Uy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naught, nowt

Adverb

IPA: /nɔːt/ Audio: En-us-nought.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nought}} Middle English nought, {{inh|en|ang|nōwiht}} Old English nōwiht, {{compound|en|ne|ought}} ne + ought, {{compound|en|ne|a|wight}} ne + a + wight, {{doublet|en|naught|not}} Doublet of naught and not Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} nought
  1. To no extent; in no way; not at all.
    Sense id: en-nought-en-adv-39CQ4tkq
  2. Not. Categories (topical): Zero
    Sense id: en-nought-en-adv-fj-YrX7e Disambiguation of Zero: 9 3 1 19 0 6 26 9 24 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English third person pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English pronouns, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 3 3 31 1 2 11 11 2 1 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 24 5 3 30 1 1 13 12 5 6 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 18 5 8 26 1 16 12 8 3 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 5 2 32 0 2 12 11 2 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 2 19 0 1 7 7 1 1 1 7 1 0 19 1 4 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 14 3 1 25 1 1 10 10 2 3 3 4 1 0 10 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 1 30 0 1 6 6 1 2 1 6 1 0 17 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 1 22 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 9 1 0 22 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 5 2 34 2 3 15 12 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 5 2 35 1 2 15 12 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 6 2 37 1 2 13 10 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 4 1 39 0 1 15 13 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 20 5 2 31 1 12 13 11 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 5 2 35 2 2 14 12 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 6 1 37 0 2 13 10 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 5 2 35 2 2 14 12 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 6 3 36 2 2 12 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 4 2 41 0 1 13 10 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 19 8 3 32 1 1 14 12 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 6 3 33 2 2 15 13 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 29 2 1 43 1 1 12 11 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 4 2 41 0 1 13 10 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 21 5 4 34 1 2 15 12 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 4 1 38 0 1 12 11 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naught, nowt

Noun

IPA: /nɔːt/ Audio: En-us-nought.ogg Forms: noughts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nought}} Middle English nought, {{inh|en|ang|nōwiht}} Old English nōwiht, {{compound|en|ne|ought}} ne + ought, {{compound|en|ne|a|wight}} ne + a + wight, {{doublet|en|naught|not}} Doublet of naught and not Head templates: {{en-noun}} nought (plural noughts)
  1. Nothing; something which does not exist.
    Sense id: en-nought-en-noun-lIFcsciX
  2. A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
    Sense id: en-nought-en-noun-rDZtN5NW
  3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Zero Translations (zero): нула (nula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zero [masculine] (Catalan), nul (Dutch), nul (Esperanto), null (Estonian), nolla (Finnish), zéro (French), cero [masculine] (Galician), ren (Galician), res (Galician), null (German), zero (Italian), nought (Middle English), null [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), null [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ноль (nolʹ) [masculine] (Russian), neoni [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nought-en-noun-atN7jsQ0 Disambiguation of Zero: 9 3 1 19 0 6 26 9 24 3 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 3 3 31 1 2 11 11 2 1 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 24 5 3 30 1 1 13 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 5 2 32 0 2 12 11 2 5 Disambiguation of 'zero': 0 9 72 19
  4. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
    Sense id: en-nought-en-noun-JllrgrAu Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 3 3 31 1 2 11 11 2 1 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 24 5 3 30 1 1 13 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 5 2 32 0 2 12 11 2 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naught, nowt Derived forms: all for nought, bring to nought, come to nought, dreadnought, more often than nought, noughties, noughty, set at nought

Pronoun

IPA: /nɔːt/ Audio: En-us-nought.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nought}} Middle English nought, {{inh|en|ang|nōwiht}} Old English nōwiht, {{compound|en|ne|ought}} ne + ought, {{compound|en|ne|a|wight}} ne + a + wight, {{doublet|en|naught|not}} Doublet of naught and not Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} nought
  1. Nothing; zero. Categories (topical): Zero Related terms: naught, ought
    Sense id: en-nought-en-pron-7ovEGtE1 Disambiguation of Zero: 9 3 1 19 0 6 26 9 24 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naught, nowt

Verb

IPA: /nɔːt/ Audio: En-us-nought.ogg Forms: noughts [present, singular, third-person], noughting [participle, present], noughted [participle, past], noughted [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nought}} Middle English nought, {{inh|en|ang|nōwiht}} Old English nōwiht, {{compound|en|ne|ought}} ne + ought, {{compound|en|ne|a|wight}} ne + a + wight, {{doublet|en|naught|not}} Doublet of naught and not Head templates: {{en-verb}} nought (third-person singular simple present noughts, present participle noughting, simple past and past participle noughted)
  1. To abase, to set at nought.
    Sense id: en-nought-en-verb-b5WeEOTM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naught, nowt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "word": "nought"
}

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