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- [awt]
- /ɔt/
- /ɔːt/
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- [awt]
- /ɔt/
Definitions of aught word
- pronoun aught anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know) 3
- adverb aught in any least part; to any degree 3
- noun aught anything whatever 3
- noun aught a zero 3
- adverb aught to any degree; at all 3
- noun aught Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession. 1
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Origin of aught
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English aught, ought, Old English āht, āwiht, ōwiht, equivalent to ā, ō ever + wiht thing, wight1
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aught popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
aught usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for aught
noun aught
- zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- cipher — A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages.
- zilch — zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch.
- anything — You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
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