affection he <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to ſpeake and ſpit […]. <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation. I <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> to vote...
See <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> for fuller examples and usage. Many sources consider that <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> to is the basic modal verb form. However, many examples of the use of <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> without...
had <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> (nonstandard) <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> Antonym: hadn't <span class="searchmatch">ought</span>...
article on: is–<span class="searchmatch">ought</span> problem Wikipedia is/<span class="searchmatch">ought</span> problem is–<span class="searchmatch">ought</span> problem The problem of whether prescriptive statements—stating what the case <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> to be—can...
From <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> not + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">ought</span>-not-ness (uncountable) (chiefly philosophy) The quality of an action being morally obligatory not to perform. Antonym:...
<span class="searchmatch">oughter</span> (archaic or dialectal) <span class="searchmatch">Ought</span> to. tougher...
From <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> + -ism, sometimes as a pun on autism. <span class="searchmatch">oughtism</span> (uncountable) (informal) The habit of doing things only because one feels that one <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> to do...
hadn't <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> (nonstandard) oughtn't had better must...
IPA(key): /ɔːts/ (US) IPA(key): /ɑːts/ Rhymes: -ɔːts, -ɑːts <span class="searchmatch">oughts</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> <span class="searchmatch">oughts</span> pl (plural only) Alternative spelling of aughts (“first decade...
there <span class="searchmatch">ought</span> to be a law Indicates disapproval of a situation. 1970, Merle Hodge, Crick Crack, Monkey, Heinemann, published 2000, →ISBN, page 111: There...