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nought

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nought  (nôt)
n., pron. & adj.
Variant of naught.

nought [nɔːt]
n also naught ought aught
(Mathematics) another name for zero: used esp in counting or numbering
n & adj & adv
a variant spelling of naught
[Old English nōwiht, from ne not, no + ōwiht something; see whit]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.noughtnought - a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

nought Archaic or literary naught
noun
1. zero, nothing, nil Properties are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.
2. nothing, zip (U.S. slang), slang, nothingness, nada, zilch, bugger all (slang), fuck all (taboo slang), sod all (slang), damn all (slang) All our efforts came to nought.
Translations
nought [nɔːt] N
1. (esp Brit) (Math) → cero m
noughts and crosses (Brit) → tres m en raya ZERO
2. (o.f., liter) (= nothing) → nada f

nought [ˈnɔːt] n
(= number) → zéro m
(= nothing) to come to nought → n'aboutir à rien

nought
n
(= number)Null f; noughts and crosses (Brit) → Tic Tac Toe nt, Kinderspiel mit Nullen und Kreuzen ? also zero
(liter: = nothing) → Nichts nt; to come to noughtsich zerschlagen; to bring to noughtzunichtemachen

nought [nɔːt] n (Math) → zero
nought [nɔːt] n (Math) → zero

nought
n nought [noːt]
1 nothing. niks لا شَيء нищо nic nul; ingenting das Nichts τίποτα nada ei midagi هیچی ei mitään rien כְּלוּם कुछ नहीं ništa semmi nol ekkert niente, nulla 무(無) niekas nekas kosong niets ingenting nic nada nimic ничто nič nič ništa noll การไม่มีอะไร hiçbirşey, hiç ніщо کچھ نہيں không có gì
2 (Americanzero) the figure 0 The number contained five noughts. nul صِفْر нула nula nul die Null μηδέν cero null صفر nolla zéro אֶפֶס शून्य nula zéró angka 0 núll zero ゼロ 제로, 영 nulis nulle kosong nul null zero zero zero ноль nula ničla nula nolla ศูนย์ sıfır нуль صفر số không
noughts and crosses
a game in which the players try to make a line of three noughts or crosses between vertical and horizontal lines. nulletjies en kruisies لُعبَة النُّقاط морски шах piškvorky kryds og bolle das Tic-Tac-To-Spiel τρίλιζα tres en raya trips-traps-trull يکجور دوز بازى که نشانهاى صفرو چليپادران بکارميرود ristinolla morpion אִיְקס עִיגוּל (מִשחָק) नाटृस एण्ड कासेज़, बच्चों का एक खेल igra “križić-kružić” kb. torpedó tik tak tuk X og O spil, herskip (spil) (gioco simile al filetto) 子供のゲーム 3목(三目) 놓기 „nuliukai ir kryžiukai“ ‘krustiņi un nullītes' permainan kandang khinzir boter, melk, kaas bondesjakk, tripp-trapp-tresko kółko i krzyżyk jogo dos quadrados крестики-нолики mlyn križci in krogci iks-oks luffarschack ศูนย์ 0/X oyunu 方格遊戲 хрестики-нолики ايک قسم کا کھيل cờ caro

nought لا شيء nula nul Null μηδέν insignificancia, nonada nolla zéro ništica zero nul null nic zero ничто nolla ศูนย์ sıfır số không


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I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
with the feeble malice of a tired man; but, as he had no theory, and no coat on, he was unanimously set at nought - not to mention his smoking hard behind, as he stood with his back to the kitchen fire to draw the damp out: which was not calculated to inspire confidence.
I thought my quest had brought me into a strange old haunted forest, and that I had thrown myself down to rest at the gnarled mossy root of a great oak-tree, while all about me was nought but fantastic shapes and capricious groups of gold-green bole and bough, wondrous alleys ending in mysterious coverts, and green lanes of exquisite turf that seemed to have been laid down in expectation of some milk-white queen or goddess passing that way.
 
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