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Definitions
ought
verb
(
inf=-, ought, -, -, -
)
(
auxiliary
) Indicating duty or obligation.
You to vote in the coming election.
(
auxiliary
) Indicating advisability or prudence.
You to stand back from the edge of the platform.
(
auxiliary
) Indicating desirability.
You to have seen the film; it was very good.
(
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
(
alternative spelling of, aught
)
pronoun
(
alternative spelling of, aught
)
Etymology:
Ähte
, past tense of
agan, Ägan
.
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