ALL meanings of ought
ought
O o - verbal expression ought should 1
- verbal expression ought be morally obliged 1
- verbal expression ought be likely 1
- noun ought zero, nothing 1
- 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
- phrase ought You use ought to to mean that it is morally right to do a particular thing or that it is morally right for a particular situation to exist, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to when saying that you think it is a good idea and important for you or someone else to do a particular thing, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen. You use ought to have to indicate that you expect something to have happened already. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to to indicate that you think that something has happened because of what you know about the situation, but you are not certain. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that something was expected to happen or be the case, but it did not happen or was not the case. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that although it was best or correct for someone to do something in the past, they did not actually do it. 0
- phrase ought You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example that you must leave. 0
- verb ought to indicate duty or obligation 0
- verb ought to express prudent expediency 0
- verb ought (usually with reference to future time) to express probability or expectation 0
- verb ought to express a desire or wish on the part of the speaker 0
- auxiliary verb ought to be compelled by obligation or duty [he ought to pay his debts] or by desirability 0
- auxiliary verb ought to be expected or likely 0
- noun ought obligation or duty 0
- noun ought anything whatever; aught 0
- adverb ought to any degree; at all; aught 0
- noun ought a nought; the figure zero (0) 0