naught

naught
noun
(arch./dial.)

bring to naught — zunichte machen

come to naught — zunichte werden

* * *
[no:t]
noun
(nothing.) das Nichts
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naught
[nɔ:t, AM esp nɑ:t]
n
1. no pl (liter or old: nothing) Nichts nt
to bring sth to \naught etw zunichtemachen
to count for \naught nichts wert sein
for \naught umsonst
2. AM, AUS (nought) Null f
* * *
[nɔːt]
n (old, form)
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naught [nɔːt; US auch nɑːt]
A s
1. besonders US Null f
2. obs oder poet Verderben n:
bring (come) to naught zunichtemachen (werden)
3. obs oder poet nichts:
care naught for nichts übrighaben für;
set at naught etwas ignorieren, in den Wind schlagen;
all for naught alles umsonst
B adj obs oder poet
a) wertlos
b) verloren, vernichtet
c) böse, schlecht, sündhaft
C adv obs oder poet keineswegs
* * *
noun
(arch./dial.)

bring to naught — zunichte machen

come to naught — zunichte werden

* * *
n.
Null -en f. pron.
nichts pron.

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