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naught
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
naught
(pronoun)
naught
(chiefly US)
pronoun
or chiefly British
nought
/
ˈ
nɑːt/
naught
(chiefly US)
pronoun
or chiefly British
nought
/
ˈ
nɑːt/
Britannica Dictionary definition of NAUGHT
old-fashioned
:
1
nothing
All our efforts
came to naught
. = (
US
) All our efforts
went for naught
. [=we did not succeed in doing what we were trying to do]
(
chiefly US
) It was
all for naught
. [=it was all for nothing]
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