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Meaning
6 senses(proscribed, sometimes)Zero.
The digit zero.
(regional, uncountable)Estimation.
in my aught
(regional, uncountable)Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
an event of aught
(archaic)Whit, the smallest part, iota.
(obsolete, rare, regional, uncountable)Esteem, respect.
a man of aught
Show some aught to your elders, boy.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
Examples
7 sentencesTom grew up in the aughts.
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Tom hasn't been left of center since the aughts.
Better aught than naught.
In the Aughts, most Americans opposed same-sex marriage.
Bill Maher hasn't been left of center since the aughts.
Origin
From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) +From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at wight.
Rebracketing of a naught.
From Middle English aught (“estimation, regard, reputation”), from Old English ǣht (“estimation, consideration”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu. Cognate with Dutch acht (“attention, regard, heed”), German Acht (“attention, regard”). Also see ettle.
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