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verb (inf=-, ought, -, -, -)
  1. (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
You to vote in the coming election.
  1. (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.
You to stand back from the edge of the platform.
  1. (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.
You to have seen the film; it was very good.
  1. (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.
You to arrive by noon if you take the motorway.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: deber in either indicative or conditional.
    (trans-bottom)
adverb 
  1. (alternative spelling of, aught)
pronoun 
  1. (alternative spelling of, aught)
Etymology: Ähte, past tense of agan, Ägan.

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