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ought
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Meanings
verb
  • used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.
    E.g. they ought to respect the law
  • used to indicate something that is probable.
    E.g. five minutes ought to be enough time
noun
  • archaic term for nought.
pronoun
  • variant spelling of aught1.
aught
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Meanings
pronoun
  • anything at all.
    E.g. know you aught of this fellow, young sir?

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