Dictionary Entry
ought
ought is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun & adjectivedverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Aught. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun & adjectivedverb
See Aught.
- 2past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary
Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
- 3past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary
Owned; possessed.
- 4past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary
To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
- 5past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary
To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
- 6
of Owe
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