plural of ought

The problem of whether prescriptive statements—stating what the case ought to be—can be derived from descriptive statements—stating what the case is.

(chiefly philosophy) The quality of an action being morally obligatory not to perform.

Indicates disapproval of a situation.

(dated, euphemistic) Sexually promiscuous.

(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ought

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of ought / (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of owe / (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of ought

(UK) (US, Canada, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary).

(colloquial or dialectal) Contraction of ought to.

Pronunciation spelling of there ought to be a law.