Ought - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɔːt|
Brit.
|ɔːt|
verb
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 182:
witnesse Aristippus, who being urged with the affection he ought his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to spit [...].
- (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.I ought to vote in the coming election.
- (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.You ought to stand back from the edge of the platform.
- (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.He ought to read the book; it was very good.
- (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway.
pronoun
- Alternative spelling of aught. anything
adverb
- Alternative spelling of aught. at all, to any degree.
noun
- A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted to what is the case.
- Alternative spelling of aught. cipher, zero, nought.
- Alternative spelling of aught. cipher, zero, nought.
Extra examples
His master had told him little about his oughts.
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