- a variation of naught.
nought
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
See “something will turn up” and “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
After 10 balls on nought he began the counter, often advancing down the pitch.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
History has taught you that pouring out your time, energy and emotions will similarly come to nought.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
Root said he did not feel like he needed to bat in Canberra, despite falling to Mitchell Starc for scores of nought and eight in Perth.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
There was no assault, however, and nought disturbed the countryside as we marched south toward the front.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Earlier, she took on Dame Kelly at a game of bean-bag noughts and crosses.
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
We all know what is in it for Mayweather: an easy night, a cheque with plenty of noughts on the end of it, and an open-goal opportunity to surpass Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 win/loss record.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2017
Working with just ones, noughts, and a saucerful of secrets, these ground-breaking artists stand front and centre of any modern corporate or commerical strategy.
From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015
Come the naughty noughts, bulging upper-body muscles were eventually co-opted by the Jersey Shore crowd whereupon they gradually lost much of their frisson.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2015
He filled in the figure two below, and straggling 28 noughts for the cents.
From The Scarlet Feather by Will Grefé
