| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  nôt |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also nought |
| NOUN: | 1. Nonexistence; nothingness. 2. The figure 0; a cipher; a zero. | | PRONOUN: | Nothing: All their work was for naught. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Nonexistent. 2. Insignificant. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English n wiht : n, no; see ne in Appendix I + wiht, thing; see wekti- in Appendix I.
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