naught
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8.3
- noun
- /nɔt/
- Archaic
:
nada
- If we do not change our approach, our plans will amount to naught in the end.
- come to naught
Examples
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The fruit of six years of work, the Jordan Commission's recommendations came to naught.
Academic text (2000) -
- This is all for naught.
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Their plan to establish a teaching institute there came to naught in under a year thanks to opposition to their brand of reform.
Academic text (2018) -
Even then, these efforts to act against the Syrian regime came to naught.
Academic text (2013) -
I'm afraid it's all for naught, Miss Kiesling.
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All her hard work proved to be for naught when the project was canceled at the last minute.
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His attempts to negotiate a better deal were for naught due to the strict company policies.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not anything of interest or value
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8.1
An amount that is nothing
43
8.1
Nothing at all often used informally to mean zero
32
7.2
A state with no people or things in it
20
5.1
No amount or value, meaning nothing at all
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9.9
Not anything or zero
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9.9
Nothing of value or importance
8
9.9
Nothing at all
7
8.5
Nothing at all
7
9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
6
9.4
Nothing at all
3
8.1
A score or total of zero
Having no amount or value
A state in which nothing exists
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Etymology
The word naught comes from old parts meaning no and thing, literally 'no thing', and it is the same idea as the modern word nothing. So naught means 'zero' or 'no value', which is why we say efforts came to naught when they have no result.