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Definition of oughts in English Turkish dictionary
- ought
- (fiil) malı
- ought
- hiç
Ne yapmam gerektiğine dair hiçbir fikrim yok.
-I have no idea what I ought to do.
- ought
- -meli
- ought
- -se iyi olur
- ought
- -malı
- ought
- lazım
- ought
- gerekir
- ought
- gerek
Bir diş hekimini ziyaret etmen gerekiyor.
-You ought to see a dentist.
Ben ondan özür dilemen gerektiğini düşünüyorum.
-I think that you ought to apologize to her.
- ought
- -mesi gerek
- ought
- (ödev/zorunluluk belirtir) -meli
- ought
- yükümlülük
- ought
- sıfır
- ought
- zerre kadar
- ought
- yardımcı f. -meli, -malı (Gereklilik ve zorunluluk belirtir.): I ought to go. Gitmeliyim. It ought not to be allowed. Buna izin verilmemeli
- ought
- zorunluluk
- ought
- gerekli
- ought
- lâzım
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English - English
Definition of oughts in English English dictionary
- plural form of ought
- A decade such as that from 1900 to 1909 C.E., or 2000 to 2009, where the digit in the tens place is zero
The experts of the Western world are slower to turn around than an ocean liner, and in Europe they were still yakking about the population explosion even as their 1970s schoolhouses, built in anticipation of traditional Catholic birth rates, were emptying through the nineties and oughts.
- ought
- Indicating advisability or prudence
You ought to stand back from the edge of the platform.
- ought
- Alternative spelling of aught. cipher, zero
- ought
- Alternative spelling of aught. at all, to any degree
- ought
- Simple past of owe
witnesse Aristippus, who being urged with the affection he ought his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to spit .
- ought
- Alternative spelling of aught. anything
- ought
- A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted to what is the case
- ought
- to be under moral obligation to be or do
- ought
- {n} anything, mistake for aught
- ought
- {v} to be obliged, become, be fit
- ought
- Indicating desirability
- ought
- Indicating duty or obligation
- ought
- Indicating likelihood or probability
- ought
- Owned; possessed
- ought
- Ought to is a phrasal modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. The negative form of ought to is ought not to, which is sometimes shortened to oughtn't to in spoken English
- ought
- alternative spelling of aught
- ought
- To be bound in duty or by moral obligation
- ought
- You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that although it was best or correct for someone to do something in the past, they did not actually do it. I realize I ought to have told you about it Perhaps we ought to have trusted people more I ought not to have asked you a thing like that. I'm sorry I'm beginning to feel now we oughtn't to have let her go away like that
- ought
- You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen. You use ought to have to indicate that you expect something to have happened already. `This ought to be fun,' he told Alex, eyes gleaming. = should
- ought
- vagueness You use ought to to indicate that you think that something has happened because of what you know about the situation, but you are not certain. He ought to have reached the house some time ago. = should
- ought
- politeness You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example that you must leave. I really ought to be getting back now I think I ought to go. = should. Variant of aught. Variant of aught. A past participle of owe
- ought
- You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be. By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain Though this gives them a nice feeling, it really ought to worry them. = should
- ought
- To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed
- ought
- You use ought to to mean that it is morally right to do a particular thing or that it is morally right for a particular situation to exist, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You've created this problem. = should
- ought
- You use ought to when saying that you think it is a good idea and important for you or someone else to do a particular thing, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. You don't have to be alone with him and I don't think you ought to be You ought to ask a lawyer's advice We ought not to be quarrelling now. = should
- ought
- You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that something was expected to happen or be the case, but it did not happen or was not the case. Basically the system ought to have worked The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient
- ought
- Was or were under obligation to pay; owed
- ought
- {f} need to, must; be obligated