English to Icelandic Meaning of nought - engu

Nought :

engu

noun

núll, ekkert, engu, önd, auður

adjective

misheppnaður, einskis, fánýtar, engu, vonlaust, pönk, svikinn, einskis virði, Trashy

Nought :: noughtNoughts :: noughts

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Definitions of nought in English

Noun(1) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Examples of nought in English

(1) One more error and all the good work she had done on Friday would be for nought .(2) Roudaire's dream came to nought but a few years later, an engineer from Montpellier, Alphonse Duponchel, argued that a railway should be driven across the Sahara linking French colonies in North and West Africa.(3) We must not believe that the triumph of experimental science reduced to nought the dreams and ideals of the alchemist.(4) In Frost at Midnight, Coleridge, with his young son at his side, muses on his own childhood in London, where he ├ö├ç├┐saw nought lovely but the sky and stars├ö├ç├û.(5) But if I had pride in my learning, I had more in my desire not to remain where there was nought for me but the fading memory of my father's name.(6) But if the proposition is that State amendment rules can displace and effectively set at nought the Commonwealth limitation, then we obviously would have difficulty and reject that proposition.(7) The driver tried to swerve out of he way but it was for nought : they hit the other vehicle head on and died in a blaze of fire.(8) Still, there was nought he could do, other than fight and survive.(9) It is home where the criminal attitude of the children towards women could be prevented and thus the crimes against women in the future could be brought to nought .(10) Yet the courts of the land counted as nought this wondrous devotion.(11) Their good work was set at nought a minute later when Kildare lost the ball in midfield and senior midfielder Martin McGrath raced through to stick the ball in the net four minutes from the interval.(12) Most of the Crustacean's money-making schemes came to nought .(13) But the fact the Cowboys had never beaten the Broncos counted for nought last weekend.(14) The existence of a parallel common law right, whereby individual householders who suffer sewer flooding may themselves bring court proceedings when no enforcement order has been made, would set at nought the statutory scheme.(15) With naught but a tent for shelter, the traveler is in constant danger - both from bandits and the elements.(16) Yet, tragically, the effort seems to have been for naught .

Related Phrases of nought

(1) come to naught ::

ónýtt

Related Phrases of nought

(1) come to naught ::

ónýtt

Synonyms

Noun

1. nothing ::

ekkert

2. nothing at all ::

ekki neitt

3. no point ::

ekkert lið

4. no purpose ::

engin tilgangur

5. no effect ::

engin áhrif

6. nil ::

núll

7. zero ::

núll

8. zilch ::

zilch

9. zip ::

Zip

10. nada ::

Nada

11. diddly-squat ::

Diddly-digur

Different Forms

nought, noughts

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