US /ɔt/ UK /ɔːt/
pron noun adv

Meanings

  1. 1
    pron

    anything at all; the slightest thing

    For aught I know, he may already have left town.

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Synonyms
1 pron · anything at all; the... anythingsomething
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Word family
Related forms naughtnoughtwhitwight

Etymology

From Old English āwiht ('anything'), a contraction of ā ('ever') + wiht ('thing, creature, wight').

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