aught

Pluralaughts

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The number zero, especially when you say a number out loud one digit at a time.

   Like saying "oh" instead of "zero" when you read out a phone number.

   She read the year aloud as nineteen aught four.

   He told me the code was aught, five, three.

   Similarzero, oh, nought

2. 2
   noununcountable

   Zero, or nothing at all in number or amount.

   By midnight the temperature had fallen to aught.

   After paying off his debts, he had aught left in his pocket.

   Similarzero, nothing, nil, nought

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3. 3
   pronounarchaic

   Anything at all, even the smallest thing.

   If you need aught from the market, just say so.

   But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting.

   1712, [Joseph] Addison, CatoHere, aught means anything at all.

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4. 4
   noundialectaluncountable

   Importance or value, used in phrases like "of aught."

   Did anyone say anything of aught at the meeting?

   Nothing of aught came from the long argument.

   Similarconsequence, importance, significance, value, account

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5. 5
   noundialectaluncountable

   Someone's opinion of how good or valuable something is.

   In her aught, the plan would never work.

   The new teacher quickly rose in the children's aught.

   Similarreckoning, estimation, judgment, opinion

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