nought, zero

nought, zero
لا شَيء \ nil: (in some sports) nothing: We won the match three-nil (usu. written as 3-0). no: (with a comparative adj. or adv.) not at all: There is no more food, not any I have no money. none: not any; not one: None of the food was left. How much money have we got? None at all. not a stroke of work: no work at all: He has not done a stroke of work this week. nothing: no thing; not anything: He has nothing to eat. Our plans are made and nothing can change them now. There’s nothing wrong with her. nought, zero: the figure 0 in a number: ‘Point nought one’ is written. 01; ‘nought point one’ is written 0.1. zero: the figure 0 and the number it stands for: It was 5 below zero last night.

Arabic-English glossary. 2015.

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  • nought — [no:t US no:t] number 1.) BrE the number 0 = ↑zero ▪ A billion is 1 with 9 noughts after it. nought point one/two/three etc (=0.1, 0.2 etc) 2.) old use used in some expressions to mean nothing ▪ Peace negotiations came to nought (=were not… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nought — (n.) O.E. nowiht nothing, variant of nawiht (see NAUGHT (Cf. naught)). Meaning zero, cipher is from early 15c. Expression for nought in vain is late 13c. To come to nought is from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • nought — UK US /nɔːt/ noun [C] UK ► the number 0 or zero: »0.4% (nought point four percent) »He s got several noughts on the end of his salary …   Financial and business terms

  • zero — ► CARDINAL NUMBER (pl. zeros) 1) the figure 0; nought. 2) a temperature of 0°C (32°F), marking the freezing point of water. ► VERB (zeroes, zeroed) 1) adjust (an instrument) to zero. 2) set the sights of (a gun) for f …   English terms dictionary

  • nought — [nôt] pron. [ME < OE nowiht < ne, not (see NO1) + owiht, awiht, AUGHT] nothing; naught n. 1. Arith. the figure zero (0) 2. alt. sp. of NAUGHT adj. Obs. NAUGHT …   English World dictionary

  • zero — [n] nothing aught, blank, bottom, cipher, insignificancy, love*, lowest point, nada*, nadir, naught, nil*, nix*, nobody*, nonentity, nought, nullity, oblivion, ought, rock bottom*, scratch, shutout, void, zilch*, zip*, zot*; concepts 407,784 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • nought — zero …   Kiwi (New Zealand slang)

  • nought — [[t]nɔ͟ːt[/t]] noughts (The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2.) 1) NUM Nought is the number 0. [mainly BRIT] Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month... Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency... When you… …   English dictionary

  • nought — naught, nought Naught is an archaic or literary word meaning ‘nothing’ and it survives chiefly in phrases such as come to naught or set at naught. In BrE nought is the term for the digit 0 (zero in AmE). The game called noughts and crosses in BrE …   Modern English usage

  • nought state — nulinė būsena statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. nought state; zero condition; zero state vok. Nullzustand, m rus. нулевое состояние, n; состояние нуль, n pranc. condition du zéro, f; position du zéro, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • nought — nulis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. nought; null; zero; zero point vok. Null, f; Nullpunkt, m; Nullstellung, f rus. ноль, m; нуль, m pranc. zéro, m …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

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