OUGHT
\ˈɔːt], \ˈɔːt], \ˈɔː_t]\
Definitions of OUGHT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something; "You had better put on warm clothes"; "You should call your mother-in-law"; "The State ought to repair the bridges"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Owned; possessed.
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To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
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To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; - in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
By Oddity Software
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Owned; possessed.
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To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
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To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; - in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
By Noah Webster.
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To be under obligation; be fit, necessary, or proper: used chiefly as a helping verb.
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Anything; aught.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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