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English meaning

  • aught pron Anything at all (an old-fashioned or literary word).
  • nil noun Nothing at all; zero.
  • nought noun Zero; the number or figure representing nothing.
  • zero num The number 0; the quantity representing none at all.
  • zilch noun Nothing at all; zero.

Senses

零 is used for these senses in English:

  • aught The digit zero.
  • nil (sports) A score of zero
  • nought (UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
  • zero (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
  • zero The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  • zero The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
  • zilch (uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.

aught — full definition

  1. pron Anything at all (an old-fashioned or literary word).
  2. noun Zero; the digit 0 (an old-fashioned way of naming it, as in "nineteen aught six").

nil — full definition

  1. noun Nothing at all; zero.
  2. noun A score of zero, especially in British sporting results.
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