1. ought - Noun
2. ought - Verb
3. ought - Adverb
4. ought - Pronoun
See Aught.
Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
Owned; possessed.
To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
of Owe
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church. John Chrysostom
A liar ought to have a good memory. Quintilian
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once. Demosthenes
In great action, men show themselves as they ought to be, in small action as they are. American Proverb
The alcohol that is insufficient for a whole town ought not to intoxicate one man. Nigerian Proverb
A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home. English Proverb