Naught (Noun)
Meaning 1
Complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- After years of struggling, the business ultimately ended in naught, leaving the owner with nothing but debt.
- Her dreams of becoming a professional athlete all came to naught when she suffered a career-ending injury.
- The team's best player was injured, and without him, their chances of winning were reduced to naught.
- Despite their valiant efforts, the firefighters' attempts to save the burning building were for naught, as it was too badly damaged.
- The aspiring artist's hopes of fame and fortune were brought to naught when his paintings were rejected by every gallery in the city.
Meaning 2
A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.