aught in English dictionary

  • aught

    Meanings and definitions of "aught"

    • (archaic) zero
    • The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.
    • (archaic) At all, in any degree.
    • Property; possession
    • to own, possess
    • to owe, be obliged or obligated to
    • possessed of
    • adjective
      possessed of
    • adverb
      (archaic)
      At all, in any degree, in any respect.
    • noun
      Property; possession
    • noun
      Duty; place; office
    • noun
      whit, the smallest part, iota.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      zero
    • noun
      The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.
    • noun
      (regional)
      Estimation.
    • noun
      (regional)
      Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
    • noun
      (regional, rare, obsolete)
      Esteem, respect.
    • numeral
      Obsolete or dialectal form of [i]eight[/i].
    • pronoun
      anything whatever, any part.
    • verb
      to own, possess
    • verb
      to owe, be obliged or obligated to
    • anything
    • Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever.
    • noun
      a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

    Synonyms of "aught" in English dictionary

    cypher, nada, zero are the top synonyms of "aught" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of aught

    • aught ( not comparable)
    • aught ( comparative more aught, superlative most aught)
    • aught ( third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)
    • aught ( plural  aughts)
    • aught (comparative more aught, superlative most aught)
    • aught (not comparable)
    • aught (plural aughts)
    • aught (uncountable)
    • aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)

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