aughts

aught

A a

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [awt]
- /ɔt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [awt]
- /ɔt/

Definitions of aughts word

noun aughts Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession. 1
adverb aughts Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect. 1
verb with object aughts to own; possess. 1
verb with object aughts to owe (someone or something); be obligated to. 1
adjective aughts possessed of. 1
noun aughts The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero. The oughts, the noughties. 1

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Origin of aughts

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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Parts of speech for Aughts

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Aughts

aughts 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.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

aughts usage trend in Literature

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