What does ought mean?
Definitions for ought
ɔtought
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Wiktionary
ought(Noun)
cipher, zero, nought.
Etymology: ahte, past tense of agan
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ought
awt, n. (same as Aught) a vulgar corr. of nought.—adv. (Scot.) Ought′lings, at all, in any degree.
Ought
awt, v.i. to be under obligation: to be proper or necessary.—n. Ought′ness, rightness. [A.S. áhte, pa.t. of ágan, to owe.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'ought' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2070
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ought' in Written Corpus Frequency: #675
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ought' in Verbs Frequency: #339
Anagrams for ought »
Tough
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ought in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of ought in a Sentence
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.
I do believe people ought to be left alone, i don't care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or what, you know, where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That's always been who I am.
The willingness to give others a listening ear will automatically make you teacheable and make them your teachers. Listen up, you ought to be teacheable if you've been unteacheable all these while. Because, the more you think you know, the more you will realize that you know less than you even thought that you knew. Besides, no human is an island of his/her own. So, you are expected to be punctual/humble in order to learn from others.
What I think we ought to do is bring the guillotine back, we could have public executions and have, you know, we could even have (guessing) which hole it falls in.
If I were running for president, I don't think I would make such a litmus test, even though I think the case ought to be overruled, no doubt about that.
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