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View synonyms for aught
aught
1or ought
[ awt ]
noun
- anything whatever; any part:
for aught I know.
adverb
- Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect.
aught
2or ought
[ awt ]
noun
- a cipher (0); zero.
- aughts, the first decade of any century, especially the years 1900 through 1909 or 2000 through 2009.
aught
3[ awkht ]
verb (used with object)
, Scot.
- to own; possess.
- to owe (someone or something); be obligated to.
adjective
, Scot.
- possessed of.
noun
- Archaic.
- ownership; possession.
- property; a possession.
aught
1/ ɔːt /
aught
2/ ɔːt /
pronoun
- anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know )
adverb
- dialect.in any least part; to any degree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aught1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English aught, ought, Old English āht, āwiht, ōwiht, equivalent to ā, ō “ever” + wiht “thing”; wight 1
Origin of aught3
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aught1
Old English āwiht, from ā ever, ay 1+ wiht thing; see wight 1
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Example Sentences
For aught we know, there may be millions of systems, each containing millions of solar systems.
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In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.
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Not that a gentleman is aught but a gentleman anywhere, but courtesy is certainly not the Englishman's best point.
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Nor did we see aught of him during the next few minutes that we spent glaring at Bevans and the surrounding territory.
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And their common father had never seen aught but the faults of Marius and the virtues of Florimond.
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