How to pronounce nought
Listen to nought in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“nought” in real sentences
52 clips in the index · 1 American · 33 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It's about 10 to the minus 35 meters, point nought, nought, nought, nought, nought, nought, with
Big Think · hear it here
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the ages of nought to 21.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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and perspective, then it's all for nought.
CDC · hear it here
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let me become as nought but if not depart depart and leave me in darkness then
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of nought. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.