Definitions for aughts

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aughts aught

Spelling: [awt]

IPA: /ɔt/

Aughts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in aughts (aghstu).

Definitions for aughts

noun

1. anything whatever; any part:
2. a cipher (0); zero.
3. aughts, the first decade of any century, especially the years 1900 through 1909 or 2000 through 2009.
4. Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession.

adverb

1. Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect.

adjective

1. possessed of.

verb (used with object)

1. to own; possess.
2. to owe (someone or something); be obligated to.

Origin of aughts

before 1000; Middle English aught, ought, Old English āht, āwiht, ōwiht, equivalent to ā, ō ever + wiht thing, wight¹

Examples for aughts

Apple's products, though, are severely closed, yet it managed to rise to the top in the aughts.

A lot has been written lately about what a dreadful decade the “aughts” have been.

In the aughts, GDP fell by 5.1 percent, nearly twice as much.

Early in the aughts, Wall Street whistled, and neither Clinton nor de Blasio barked.

"Ay, and aughts," replied Sancho, and in replying he let the stream wash his fingers.

But during the aughts, the stunning actress had to fight back against being typecast.

I told you all a million times: In the aughts, things happened, and I had to create my own reality.

But the “aughts” have been his decade—because between 2000 and 2009, the North vanquished the South yet again.

The aughts went out like a cranky kid last night, kicking and screaming until the bitter end.