transcription, транскрипция: [ nɔ:t ]
( noughts)
Note: The spelling 'naught' is also used for meaning 2.
1.
Nought is the number 0. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, use zero )
Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month...
Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency...
= zero
NUM
2.
If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come to nought . ( FORMAL )
Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
PHRASE : V inflects