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📅 The 2000s 0️⃣ Zeros
aughts

aughts

8.6
The digit zero or a group of zeros in a number
  • noun
  • /ɔt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cero
  • The old safe's code had three aughts followed by a single five.

Examples

  • Some people refer to the zeros in a phone number as aughts instead of zeros.

  • When reading the serial number, he paused at the two aughts in the middle.

  • The aught in 100 is very important.

  • I see an aught in this number.

  • The code for the vault included three aughts before the final digit.

  • In the number 508, there are two aughts that determine its value.

  • When discussing the model number, she mentioned there were three aughts included.

Surface Forms

aughts singular
aughts plural

Morphology

aughts = aught (transparent) = aught + s

This is a regular plural formation from 'aught', and the sense 'zeros' follows directly from the base noun.

Etymology

The word aughts for zeros comes from the old word aught, used when people read the digit '0', so saying 'two aughts' simply means two zeros in a number.