nought
A thing or person of no worth or valueA thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
» I teach kids from nought to five years old.
Ich unterrichte Kinder im Alter von null bis fünf Jahren.
Я обучаю детей от рождения до пяти лет.
Я обучаю детей от нуля до пяти лет.
Meaning
3 sensesA thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
0.335 cm is nought/zero point three three five of a centimeter.
The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Examples
3 sentencesI teach kids from nought to five years old.
ruЯ обучаю детей от рождения до пяти лет. — marafon
deIch unterrichte Kinder im Alter von null bis fünf Jahren. — dasbeispielholz
We are nought but creatures of our master's will.
It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care nought about it.
deWir sollten den Dingen nicht zürnen, denn es kümmert sie nicht. — Yorwba
Origin
From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn coFrom Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not.
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