OUGHT


Meaning of OUGHT in English

of owe.

2. ought (·noun & ·adv) ·see aught.

3. ought ·impf, ·p.p., or ·v·aux owned; possessed.

4. ought ·impf, ·p.p., or ·v·aux was or were under obligation to pay; owed.

5. ought ·impf, ·p.p., or ·v·aux to be bound in duty or by moral obligation.

6. ought ·impf, ·p.p., or ·v·aux to be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove;

— in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.

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