Results for ought
Definitions of ought:
part of speech: noun, adverb
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
Usage examples for ought:
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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