Results for ought

Definitions of ought:

part of speech: noun, adverb

Anything; aught.

part of speech: verb

To be under obligation; be fit, necessary, or proper: used chiefly as a helping verb.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To be under obligation: to be proper or necessary.

part of speech: verb

A defective verb, formerly the pt. of owe; to be bound in duty or moral obligation.

part of speech: noun

Same as AUGHT.

Usage examples for ought:

• I suppose I ought to be glad, but I'm not. "Nobody's Child", Elizabeth Dejeans

• You ought to get to know it. "The Sword", Frank Quattrocchi

• " I think we ought to let them go," she said. "The Film of Fear", Arnold Fredericks

• I ought to be ashamed of myself ever to have expected it. "Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale", Ida Glenwood