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come to nought en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail completely; to have no successful result.
    • The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
    • As he pointed out, however, there was "still more to come". By 1977-78, "the use of the first Advanced Passenger Trains will reduce journey times between London and Glasgow to four hours". It was a grand statement of optimism that would sadly come to nought. 2024 May 15, Greg Morse, “West Coast electric... all the way”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 41:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
come to nought Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
came to nought Tense=Past lexicographic
coming to nought Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
comes to nought Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
come to naught alternative lexicographic

Relateds

bring to nought

Synonyms

come to nothing