o

noun

ˈō How to pronounce o (audio)
Definition of onext
as in zero
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it our zip code is six-o-three-seven-five

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  1. zero
  2. nothing
  3. nil
  4. aught
Noun
  • Audio gear using vacuum-tubes continues to attract music lovers in much the same way that an LP spun on a turntable can seem more alive, fleshed out, simply real compared to digital’s ones and zeros.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If that number was rounded off to nine quintillion, that’s nine followed by 18 zeroes.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of zero
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Definition of nothing
Noun
  • Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Carter’s leverage with the South Koreans had approached nil.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of nil
Noun
  • Everyone can show up in their favorite aughts attire.
    — Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The estate started a new chapter in the early aughts when Elisabetta Foradori, Thomas Widmann, and Giovanni Podini acquired the property and renamed it Ampelaia.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of aught
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