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aught
anything whatever; any part: for aught I know; a cipher; zero
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aught 1
also ought (ôt)pron.
Anything whatever: "Neither of his parents had aught but praise for him" (Louis Auchincloss).
aught 2
(ôt)n.
The digit zero.
[From an aught, alteration of a naught; see naught.]
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aught
(ɔːt) or used with a negative or in conditional or interrogative sentences or clausesought
pron
anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know)
adv
dialect in any least part; to any degree
[Old English āwiht, from ā ever, ay1 + wiht thing; see wight1]
aught
(ɔːt) orought
n
a less common word for nought
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aught1
or ought
(ɔt)n.
1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know.
adv. 2. Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English āht, āwiht, ōwiht=ā, ō ever + wiht thing, wight1]
aught2
or ought.
(ɔt)n.
a cipher (0); zero.
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aught
- Another word for "nothing, zero."See also related terms for zero.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" |
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Translations
aught
[ɔːt] N (archaic or liter) → algo, alguna cosa; (with negation) → nadaif there is aught I can do → si puedo hacer algo, si puedo ayudarles de algún modo
for aught I care he can → igual me da si él ...
for aught I know → que yo sepa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
aught
n (old, liter) → irgendetwas; he might have moved for aught I know → was weiß ich, vielleicht ist er umgezogen
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