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Definition of naught noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

naught

noun
 
/nɔːt/
 
/nɔːt/
(also nought)
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. used in particular phrases to mean ‘nothing’
    • All our efforts have come to naught (= have not been successful).
    Word OriginOld English nāwiht, -wuht, from ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing’ (of Germanic origin).
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