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- [awt]
- /ɔt/
- /ɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [awt]
- /ɔt/
Definitions of ought word
- noun ought a cipher (0); zero. 1
- noun ought aughts, the first decade of any century, especially the years 1900 through 1909 or 2000 through 2009. 1
- adverb ought Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect. 1
- noun ought Used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions. 1
- verbal expression ought should 1
- verbal expression ought be morally obliged 1
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Origin of ought
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English ought, aught, Old English āhte, past tense of āgan to owe
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ought
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ought popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
ought usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ought
verb ought
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- endure — Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
- allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- become — If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
noun ought
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
- tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
- care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
- commitment — Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
Antonyms for ought
verb ought
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
noun ought
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- distrust — to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
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