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BNC: 1546 COCA: 1755

ought

1 of 4

auxiliary verb

used to express obligation
ought to pay our debts
, advisability
ought to take care of yourself
, natural expectation
ought to be here by now
, or logical consequence
the result ought to be infinity

ought

2 of 4

verb

transitive verb

1
chiefly Scotland : possess
2
chiefly Scotland : owe

ought

3 of 4

noun

: moral obligation : duty

ought

4 of 4

archaic spelling of aught

Synonyms

Auxiliary verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Auxiliary verb
But the focus ought to be on the cost of higher education, and a reformation on how to deliver it to more people. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Maybe this one ought to be disqualified, since there really weren’t any expectations at all after Belichick went 5-11 in his first season. Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 There probably ought to have been closer coordination between the speaker’s office and the White House. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 July 2022 But really there ought to be a statewide move to abolish private police departments. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2022 And in this case, there ought to be one access point, especially for an elementary school, which is fairly small. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 25 May 2022 There ought to be three or four piled on top, with the marginal tax rate maxing out at perhaps 70 percent, which was the top rate in the 1960s and 1970s. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 Across the nation, there ought to be a careful study of the Declaration of Independence. Dwight A. Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2022 Artificial lighting should not occur simply by default and indeed there ought to be adequate attention allotted toward the polluting properties that can arise. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
Verb
Maybe this one ought to be disqualified, since there really weren’t any expectations at all after Belichick went 5-11 in his first season. Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Davy also said the city ought to fully investigate and evaluate who or which organizations would ultimately receive the money. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 27 June 2022 Kishida said the Russian invasion of Ukraine ought to be a wake-up call for the region. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 June 2022 Ranu Dhillon, an instructor of global health at Harvard Medical School, said the testing system ought to be designed to normalize monkeypox testing, so that the net can be cast more broadly to find more cases. Helen Branswell And Andrew Joseph, STAT, 8 June 2022 The two-month Covid recession in 2020, which started in February and ended in April, ought to have conformed to Scheidel’s model, because Covid was a lethal pandemic. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 May 2022 McGraw said kids ought to be able to seek out books about sensitive subjects such as race or gender. David Ingram, NBC News, 12 May 2022 During a 2018 interview with AL.com, a representative with the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, said the Aaron home ought not to be taken far from a baseball setting. al, 2 Apr. 2022 The American Petroleum Institute, which represents oil and gas companies, said Mr. Biden ought to encourage domestic oil production by reducing regulations. New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Auxiliary verb

Middle English oughte (1st & 3rd singular present indicative), from oughte, 1st & 3rd singular past indicative & subjunctive of owen to own, owe — more at owe

Verb

Middle English oughte, 1st & 3rd singular past indicative of owen

First Known Use

Auxiliary Verb

12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1678, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ought was in the 12th century

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