dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/oug_MW.json

{
  "ought (to)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to be under necessity or obligation to you ought to buy him a new book to replace the one you lost"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121910",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ought":{
    "type":[
      "auxiliary verb",
      "helping verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": possess":[],
      ": owe":[],
      ": moral obligation : duty":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f(\u1e35)t",
      "\u02c8\u022ft",
      "\u02c8\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Auxiliary verb",
      "More modern computers with 11th- or 12th-generation Intel processors and Thunderbolt ports ought to be the safest bet. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "If Friday night\u2019s performances by rivals Mt. Vernon and New Palestine are any indication, the championship game of Class 4A Sectional 9 at Greenfield-Central ought to be quite a show. \u2014 Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "That ought to be the more interesting proposition, but August\u2019s film treats its subject altogether too gingerly, like a literature student afraid to make notes in the margins. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Fortunately, swapping out these wheels for the correct units ought to be a pretty inexpensive affair. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 17 June 2022",
      "The answer is that the U.K. ought to be boasting the developed world\u2019s brightest prospects right now rather than the worst. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "But the correct response ought to be collective embarrassment that this gig has been unpaid for so long \u2014 and that so many more internships, both in Washington and across America, remain so. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The limits of individualism ought to be clear with the formula shortage, too. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
      "The point seems to be that all other styles or approaches of AI ought to bow down to the sub-symbolics approach and toss in the towel. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Christian theologians have long pointed to the absence of animal homosexuality as evidence that humans ought n\u2019t to be doing it, either. \u2014 Eliot Schrefer, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
      "Does anybody in his right mind really believe that the United States ought to play that role",
      "The answer is that the U.K. ought to be boasting the developed world\u2019s brightest prospects right now rather than the worst. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "There is also a boil water notice for most of the city, stating that those who can get water from the faucet ought to boil it for two minutes before consuming or using it to cook or brush their teeth. \u2014 Maria Aguilar, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "With that in mind, here are five suggestions -- borne largely of my experience as a federal and state prosecutor -- that the committee ought to consider in crafting its presentation to the American public. \u2014 Elie Honig, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "The hedonic concept dates back to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene, who argued that the ultimate goal of life ought to be to maximize pleasure. \u2014 Gregory Grieve, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
      "This all comes, by the way, just days after Amazon AMZN -7.2% founder Jeff Bezos \u2014 the owner of The Washington Post \u2014 tweeted that the disinformation board ought to fact-check one of President Biden\u2019s own tweets, about a possible fix for inflation. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The phrase suggests that a spouse ought to be a foil, a point of contrast, neither a mirror nor a servant. \u2014 Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English oughte (1st & 3rd singular present indicative), from oughte , 1st & 3rd singular past indicative & subjunctive of owen to own, owe \u2014 more at owe":"Auxiliary verb",
      "Middle English oughte , 1st & 3rd singular past indicative of owen":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Auxiliary verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215427"
  },
  "oughtlins":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the least degree":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4\u1e35tl\u0259\u0307nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ought entry 5 + -lins , alteration of -lings":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223527"
  },
  "oughtn't":{
    "type":[
      "contraction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ought not":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-t\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061252"
  }
}