Associations to the word «Aught»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
AUGHT, pronoun. Anything whatever, any part.
AUGHT, noun. Whit, the smallest part, iota.
AUGHT, noun. (archaic) zero
AUGHT, noun. The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.
AUGHT, adverb. (archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.
AUGHT, noun. Property; possession
AUGHT, noun. Duty; place; office
AUGHT, verb. To own, possess
AUGHT, verb. To owe, be obliged or obligated to
AUGHT, adjective. Possessed of
Dictionary definition
AUGHT, noun. A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.