ought

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil simple past of owe

   “There was a certayne lender / which had two detters / the one ought five hondred pence / and the other fifty.”

2. fiil Indicating duty or obligation.

   “I ought to vote in the coming election.”

3. fiil Indicating advisability or prudence.

   “You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform.”

4. fiil Indicating desirability.

   “He ought to read the book; it was very good.”

5. fiil Indicating likelihood or probability.

   “We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?”

6. zamir Alternative spelling of aught; anything

   “Is it a small benefit, that I am placed there […] where I see no drunken comessations, no rebellious routs, no violent oppressions, no obscene rejoicings, nor ought else that might either vex or affright my soul?”

7. zarf Alternative spelling of aught; at all, to any degree.
8. isim A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case.

   “There are value judgments that are not reducible to observable matters of fact, and there are oughts that cannot be construed as hypothetical and, therefore, cannot be converted into statements of fact.”

9. isim Alternative spelling of aught; cipher, zero, nought.

   “I go back at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, and have got only three—three oughts an ought—three twos six—sixty pound.”