Definition/Meaning of nought

• English - Noun: nought ( plural noughts ) Nothing; something which does not exist . A thing or person of no worth or value; nil . Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game . 0 . 4 (a number) = nought point four / zero point four The figure or character representing , or having the shape of , zero . Derived terms noughties noughty dreadnought Translations
• English - Adjective: nought ( obsolete ) Good for nothing; worthless . 1611 , Authorized King James translation of Proverbs 20:14: It is nought , it is nought , saith the buyer , but when he is gone his way , then he boasteth . Wicked , immoral . (Can we date this quote?) Fuller: No man can be stark nought at once .
• English - Verb: nought ( third-person singular simple present noughts , present participle noughting , simple past and past participle noughted ) To abase , to set at nought . 1393 , Julian of Norwich , Revelations of Divine Love , translated by Grace Warrack, 1901 In this naked word sin , our Lord brought to my mind , generally , all that is not good , and the shameful despite and the utter noughting that He…
• English - Adverb: nought To no extent; in no way; not at all . Not .
• English - Pronoun: nought Nothing; zero .