nought
To abase, to set at noughtTo abase, to set at nought.
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» I teach kids from nought to five years old.
Ich unterrichte Kinder im Alter von null bis fünf Jahren. — dasbeispielholz
Я обучаю детей от рождения до пяти лет. — marafon
Я обучаю детей от нуля до пяти лет. — marafon
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1 sensesTo abase, to set at nought.
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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Forms
noughts, noughting, noughted, noughtedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.