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aught::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| Type of | relative quantity |
| Has types | bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, nihil, sweet fanny adams |
it was all for naught.
Examples of aught
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More than all, his treacherous retreats struck more of dismay than perhaps aught else.
From the theatlantic.com
Bachman aught to be reminded that monetary reward is a sign of God's favor.
From the economist.com
She aught the students about taking out sin and putting in God's Word.
From the desmoinesregister.com
When worldly experts fail to solve any mystery people aught to turn towards other sources.
From the economist.com
Every idealist aught to be arrested locked up and the key thrown away.
From the theargus.co.uk
It aught to be in a private chat room somewhere don't you think?
From the independent.co.uk
Maybe that will be a Christmas present for my son, a 30-aught-six.
From the ocregister.com
Yet not since the Beef Jerky Scare of aught-five has the global carving board been more barren.
From the time.com
Don't look for the alumni association to get the aught ball rolling when it comes to naming this decade.
From the dailyherald.com
- Nothing: 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"
- There are several names for the number 0 in English, and concomitant names for the decades where the tens column contains the number 0. ...
- (Aughts) File:2000s decade montage3.png|From left, clockwise: The World Trade Center towers, in the wake of the September 11 attacks; the Euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq; troops heading toward an army ...
- The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. The term "nineteen-hundreds" can also equally be used for the years 1900u20131999 (see 1900s). The Edwardian era (1901u20131910) covers a similar span of time.
- Zero; The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009; to own, possess; to owe, be obliged or obligated to; possessed of; At all, in any degree; anything
- (aughts) A decade such as that from 1900 to 1909 A.D., or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero
- Possession, as "in a' my aught," in all my possession.
- Standard conductor size, i.e. 4 aught designation 4/0.
