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