From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnoughtnought /nɔːt $ nɒːt/ number 1 British EnglishHMNNONE/NOTHING the number 0 SYN zero A billion is 1 with 9 noughts after it.nought point one/two/three etc (=0.1,0.2 etc)2 old use used in some expressions to mean nothing Peace negotiations came to nought (=were not successful).
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nought• But really, all this will come to nought.• Now try to imagine a ten followed by thirty noughts.• A million is a 1 with 6 noughts after it.• Hunter carved a hideous noughts and crosses pattern on Heidi's naked bottom after strangling her with a belt.• And 75 per cent of nought is still nought.came to nought• As he did so his hamstring went and four years of training and dreaming came to nought. 