US /nɔt/ UK /nɔːt/
noun pron

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    nothing; zero

    All their careful planning came to naught when the storm hit.

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Synonyms
1 noun · nothing; zero nothingzeronilnoughtciphernothingness
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Word family
Derived forms naughtynaughtiness
Related forms noughtaught

Etymology

From Old English nawiht, nawuht ('nothing'), a compound of na ('no') and wiht ('thing, creature, wight').

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