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Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
George Berkeley

Meaning of "aught" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AUGHT

Old English āwiht, from ā ever, ay1 + wiht thing.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AUGHT

aught  [ɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aught can act as an adverb and a pronoun.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.

WHAT DOES AUGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Names for the number 0 in English

There are several names for the number 0 in English, and concomitant names for the decades where the tens column contains the number 0. Several names for the number 0 include "zero", "cipher", "naught", "nought", "love", "duck", "nil", "zilch", "zip", "o", "aught", and "ought". There are various subtleties of usage amongst them all. Some usage of these terms is driven by a desire to maintain an explicit distinction between digit zero and letter O, which, because they are both usually represented graphically in English orthography with a simple circle or oval, have a centuries-long history of being frequently conflated. Thus some of the terms discussed below are the phonetic analog of the graphical convention of slashed zero—that is, both are an effort to keep digit zero and letter O duly differentiated.

Definition of aught in the English dictionary

The definition of aught in the dictionary is anything at all; anything whatever. Other definition of aught is in any least part; to any degree.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUGHT

augend
auger
Auger effect
augite
augitic
augment
augmentable
augmentation
augmentative
augmentatively
augmented
augmented cognition
augmented reality
augmented transition network
augmenter
augmentor
Augsburg
augur
augural
auguries

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUGHT

afterthought
bought
brought
caught
Connaught
distraught
draught
dreadnought
drought
fought
fraught
naught
onslaught
ought
second thought
self-taught
sought
taught
thought
wrought

Synonyms and antonyms of aught in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aught» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUGHT

Find out the translation of aught to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aught from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aught» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

任何事物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alguna cosa
570 millions of speakers

English

aught
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी प्रकार से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

aught
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alguma coisa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগভীর প্রভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aught
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesan anugerah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irgend etwas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いやしくも
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

걸지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Efek tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆகர் விளைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Auger प्रभाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Auger etkisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

qualche cosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cokolwiek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

aught
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aught
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τίποτε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

niks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aught
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

noget
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aught

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGHT»

The term «aught» is regularly used and occupies the 90.850 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aught» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aught» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aught

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5 QUOTES WITH «AUGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aught.
1
George Berkeley
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.
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John Milton
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
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Samuel Rogers
Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
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Chauncey Wright
By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUGHT»

Discover the use of aught in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aught and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aught Six
Stephen Micenec. “You're ruining my goddamn game!” Ike shouted back. “You're thefootball person who's supposedto be out there playing! So, go play!” “Just who do you think you are?” “Frank Thompson,” the man said, tipping his skimmer, ...
Stephen Micenec, 2008
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
Of its fitness for aught but praise and prayer 418.42 Chris. -Eve 304 Could my soul find aught to sing in tune with . . 425.28 Chris. -Eve 1064 Then died, with Lazarus by, for aught 1 know, 444.63 Karshish 273 — What then? So much was saved ...
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Shakespeare and the Economic Imperative: “What’s Aught But ...
Working from the perspective of the new economic criticism, this study uses close reading and historical contextualization to examine the relationship between interpersonal relationships and economics in the plays of Shakespeare.
Peter F. Grav, 2008
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The Mishnah
Thus if there were two balconies opposite one another [extending] into the public domain and a man stretched out or threw aught from the one to the other, he is not culpable. If they were [different private domains but on the same side of the ...
Herbert Danby, 1933
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Judith, Lyric Drama in 3 Acts: Vocal Score
Can aught ,gainst these pre-vail? Can aught, can their frown the na - - tions cower! Can aught gainst these pre- neath cower! Can aught,gainst these prevail ? Be- hold,how great their power! Be i na - tions cow - - er! j T - □ r p •=5i ro5 + t .t 7$ f ...
George Whitefield Chadwick, 2010
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Numismata Scotiæ: Or a Series of the Scottish Coinage from ...
hem, 'That the English groates, of the quhilkis aught e groates haldis an ounce, have course rfght swa for aught pennies the peice } and the half groate English conformed to the said groate in weight, have course for four pennies ; and that na  ...
Adam de Cardonnel, 1786
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Singing Family of the Cumberlands
He oughta be ashamed, talking to Aught thataway!" It'd plague Joe the worst. I don't reckon Joe ever spoke a word to Aught in his life. Joe'd fight him, though. Once Joe picked up a big rock and aimed it at Aught, but Aught just charged at Joe ...
Jean Ritchie, 1988
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The plays of William Shakespeare
If it be now, *tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all : Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes ?8 Let be. * Since ne man, of aught he leaves, tuows,* what ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793
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Toward a Theory of Radical Origin: Essays on Modern German ...
Remaining faithful to his earlier thesis that cognition is pure only when the origin of thought is immanent and seeks no ground outside itself, Cohen characterizes the belief that one can add an Aught (ttwas'l to thought as an error. Only that ...
John David Pizer, 1995
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Garner's Modern American Usage
from alma mater until she bends her intellectual agenda to terms more favorable to the class of aught nine.” Rick Perlstein, “Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change,” Nation, 18 Dec. 1995, at 792. • “Some old-timers say ...
Bryan Garner, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aught is used in the context of the following news items.
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Camping Hammock, Adventure Bikes, Primitive Fire: GearJunkie …
7) Refined & Rugged: Triple Aught Design Dauntless. It may not be “custom,” but the Triple Aught Design Production Dauntless knife is right ... «Gear Junkie, Jul 15»
2
They Shot the Wrong Girl Says Malala's Favorite Author, Khaled …
But what he was most wrong about was the apparent belief that human beings aught to settle their differences with bullets. Malala would school ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Open Letter to the Jurist Community, Human Rights Activists in the …
We, as a community of Jurists, aught, therefore, to speak out against their usurpation of our dear values, and thereby distance ourselves from ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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James McMurtrey
In 2004, McMurtry released the universally lauded Live in Aught-Three on Compadre Records. The following year, Childish Things notched ... «Jackson Free Press, Jun 15»
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Bierbeisl Imbiss Is Downtown's Homage to Everyday Austrian Cuisine
Beer drinkers can revel in the expansive list of German and Austrian suds while a tidy menu of wines aught to pair well with the "boerger", using ... «Eater LA, Jun 15»
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China urges Japan to stay away from South China Sea disputes
... take a potshot at someone who is somewhere where they aught not to be! ... in 1914 which belongs to China, so India aught to behave itself! «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
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Drinks break benefits Ashington in decisive win
... had moved the score onto 39 in the 11th over when the former top edged Callum Storey and was aught inside the boundary by Collins for 23. «New Post Leader, Jun 15»
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The O.C. Is Being Turned into a Musical
The O.C.—which was famous for its indie pop soundtracks—would also make for a very solid jukebox musical. But if it's early aught hits they're ... «Vanity Fair, Jun 15»
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A reformed emo kid revisits Dashboard Confessional
The early-aught's emo boom was short-lived and of little importance — rightfully so, too. It was a genre plagued with diary-entry lyricism, ... «City Pages, Jun 15»
10
Made any good memories lately?
... also subconsciously chose to save some good memories about how he whipped his ole granddaddy bowling one day way back in aught-15. «Daily Sentinel Star, Jun 15»

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