ought to (verb)
11ought — modal verb 1 used to say that someone should do something because it is the best or most sensible thing to do: ought to do sth: I think you ought to make more time for yourself to relax. | What you ought to have done is called the police. | If… …
12ought — I. /ɔt / (say awt) verb (quasimodal) 1. to be bound in duty or moral obligation: every citizen ought to help. 2. to be required on any ground, as of justice, propriety, expediency, fitness, or the like: he ought to be punished; you ought to add… …
13ought — [OE] Ought began life as the past tense of owe, but the two have diverged widely over the centuries. The Old English ancestor of owe was āgan, and its past form was āhte. This originally shared all the meanings of its parent verb, of course, and… …
14ought — [OE] Ought began life as the past tense of owe, but the two have diverged widely over the centuries. The Old English ancestor of owe was āgan, and its past form was āhte. This originally shared all the meanings of its parent verb, of course, and… …
15ought — I. verbal auxiliary Etymology: Middle English oughte (1st & 3d singular present indicative), from oughte, 1st & 3d singular past indicative & subjunctive of owen to own, owe more at owe Date: 12th century used to express obligation < ought to pay …
16ought — 1. verb /ɔːt,ɔt,ɑt/ a) Indicating duty or obligation. There was a certayne lender, which had two detters, the one ought five hondred pence, and the other fifty. b) Indicating advisability or prudence. witnesse Aristippus, who being urged with the …
17ought — {{11}}ought (n.) zero, cipher, 1844, probably a misdivision of a nought (see NOUGHT (Cf. nought); for misdivision, see N (Cf. N)); meaning probably influenced by AUGHT (Cf. aught) anything. {{12}}ought (v.) O.E. ahte, past tense of agan t …
18English modal verb — English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English honorifics English personal pronouns English plural English relative clauses English verbs English irregular verbs English moda …
19English modal auxiliary verb — In the English language, a modal auxiliary verb is an auxiliary verb (or helping verb ) that can modify the grammatical mood (or mode ) of a verb. The key way to identify a modal auxiliary is by its defectiveness; the modal auxiliaries do not… …
20Defective verb — In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb which is missing e.g. a past tense, or cannot be used in some other way that normal verbs come. Formally, it is a verb with an incomplete conjugation. Defective verbs cannot be conjugated in certain… …
