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Verb: ought  ot
  1. Expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something
    "The State ought to repair the bridges";
    - should, had better
     
  2. Expresses that something is likely
    "that ought to be enough";
    - should
Pronoun: ought  ot
Usage: archaic
  1. Anything whatever
    "Only a small proportion of their populations had ought to do with the road";
    - aught [archaic]

Sounds like: ottar, ought

Derived forms: oughts

Encyclopedia: Ought