Associations to the word «Ought»

Wiktionary

OUGHT, verb. (obsolete) simple past tense of owe
OUGHT, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
OUGHT, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.
OUGHT, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.
OUGHT, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.
OUGHT, pronoun. Alternative spelling of aught anything
OUGHT, adverb. Alternative spelling of aught at all, to any degree.
OUGHT, noun. A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case.
OUGHT, noun. Alternative spelling of aught cipher, zero, nought.
OUGHT TO, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
OUGHT TO, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.
OUGHT TO, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.
OUGHT TO, verb. (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin