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Bookmark or Share- 2000s - WikipediaThe 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to the '00s and known as the aughts or noughties) was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.
- AUGHT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.comAught definition: anything whatever; any part. See examples of AUGHT used in a sentence.
- Aught or Aughts – Usage & Meaning - GRAMMARISTWhat Does Aught Mean? The pronoun “aught” has two primary meanings in the English language. It can mean “anything” or “anything at all.” Here’s an example, “Dave cares for aught (anything) but his own well-being.” This shows that Dave cares for others before himself.
- Aught Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterAught can also be a noun meaning "zero," and "the aughts" is heard occasionally for the decade at the beginning of a century (say, 1900-1909 or 2000-2009) in which the penultimate digit is a zero.
- What should we call the decade that started in the year 2000?But the most common terms include the aughts (also spelled oughts) and the noughts —a logical extension of the fact that Americans living at the turn of the century referred to individual years...
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