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nought

/nɔːt/noun

उच्चारण नॉट

शून्य, सिफ़र

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] British

    the figure 0

    शून्य, सिफ़र

    • A million is one followed by six noughts.
    • nought point five (0.5)
    • Write a nought after the five to make it fifty.
    + 2 more examples
    • The score at half-time was three noughts.
    • In British English, 0.07 is read as nought point nought seven.

    Synonyms zero nil cipher

  2. 2

    [U] literary

    nothing

    कुछ नहीं

    • All his efforts came to nought.
    • The rebels' plot was brought to nought by a loyal soldier.
    • Years of hard work came to nought when the factory closed.
    + 2 more examples
    • All our planning was for nought because of the rain.
    • The talks ended in nought, as neither side would agree.

    Synonyms nothing

Idioms 1

noughts and crosses

(British) a game in which two players take turns to write O or X in a set of nine squares, trying to get three in a row

ज़ीरो-काटा (खेल)

  • The children played noughts and crosses on the back of the notebook.
  • Let's have a game of noughts and crosses.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

zero nil cipher nothing

?Which word?

Do not confuse nought (the figure 0) and naught (an old literary word for nothing).

Nought (अंक 0) और naught (कुछ नहीं के लिए पुराना literary शब्द) में भ्रमित न हों।