Meaning & use
owt
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A dialectal British term, chiefly Northern English, meaning "anything."
See it in a sentence
"Do you want owt from the shop?" he asked before leaving.
She never complained, no matter owt went wrong.
A note on using this word
Common in Yorkshire and other Northern English dialects, "owt" pairs with its opposite "nowt" (nothing) in everyday regional speech.
Words with a similar meaning
anything
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Words with an opposite meaning
nowt
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