Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
naught — See aught. See aught, ought, naught … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
ought — See aught. See aught, ought, naught … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
aught — See aught, ought, naught … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
aught — aught1 /awt/, n. 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. adv. 2. Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. [bef. 1000; ME aught, ought, OE aht, awiht, owiht, equiv. to a, o ever + wiht thing, WIGHT1] aught … Universalium
aught — I. /ɔt / (say awt) noun 1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know. –adverb 2. Archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect. Also, ought. {Middle English aught, ought, Old English āwiht, ōwiht at all, anything, from ā, ō ever + w …
aught — I or ought II [[t]ɔt[/t]] n. 1) anything whatever; any part: for aught I know[/ex] 2) archaic in any degree; at all; in any respect • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE āht, āwiht, ōwiht=ā, ō ever +wiht thing, wight I II aught or ought III [[t]ɔt[/t]]… … From formal English to slang
aught — {{11}}aught (1) something, O.E. awiht aught, anything, something, lit. e er a whit, from P.Gmc. *aiwi ever (from PIE *aiw vital force, life, long life, eternity ) + *wihti thing, anything whatever (see WIGHT (Cf. wight)). In Shakespeare, Milton… … Etymology dictionary
naught — Synonyms and related words: a little thing, aught, cipher, collapse, destruction, disaster, failure, goose egg, hardly anything, inessential, insignificancy, marginal matter, matter of indifference, mere nothing, minor matter, nada, nichts, nihil … Moby Thesaurus
Names for the number 0 in English — Wiktionary, the free dictionary, has entries for: aught cipher duck love naught … Wikipedia
0 (number) — Zero redirects here. For other uses, see Zero (disambiguation). 0 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 … Wikipedia
