aught

1

or ought

[ awt ]
/ ɔt /
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noun

anything whatever; any part: for aught I know.

adverb

Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect.

Origin of aught

1
before 1000; Middle English aught, ought, Old English āht, āwiht, ōwiht, equivalent to ā, ō ever + wiht thing, wight1

Words nearby aught

auger, auger bit, auger effect, auger shower, auger-eyed, aught, aughtlins, augier, augite, augment, augmentation

Definition for aught (2 of 4)

aught 2

or ought

[ awt ]
/ ɔt /

noun

a cipher (0); zero.
aughts, the first decade of any century, especially the years 1900 through 1909 or 2000 through 2009.

Origin of aught

2
a naught, taken as an aught (cf. auger). See naught

Definition for aught (3 of 4)

aught 3
[ awkht ]
/ ɔxt /

verb (used with object) Scot.

to own; possess.
to owe (someone or something); be obligated to.

adjective

possessed of.

noun

Archaic.
  1. ownership; possession.
  2. property; a possession.

Origin of aught

3
before 1000; Middle English; Old English æht; cognate with Old High German ēht, Gothic aihts; akin to owe, own

Definition for aught (4 of 4)

aught 4
[ awkht ]
/ ɔxt /

adjective Scot.

eight.
eighth.

Origin of aught

4
Middle English aghte, aughte, variant of eighte; see eight

Words related to aught

zero, cipher, zilch, anything

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British Dictionary definitions for aught (1 of 2)

aught 1

ought used with a negative or in conditional or interrogative sentences or clauses

archaic, or literary

pronoun

anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know)

adverb

dialect in any least part; to any degree

Word Origin for aught

Old English āwiht, from ā ever, ay 1 + wiht thing; see wight 1

British Dictionary definitions for aught (2 of 2)

aught 2

ought

/ (ɔːt) /

noun

a less common word for nought