Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)(US, Philippines, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary).

    We ought to wake dad, oughtn't we?

Origin

From ought + -n't.

From ought + -n't.

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Forms

oughtn'ts, oughtn'ting, oughtn'ted, oughtn'ted
Base formoughtn't · to oughtn't
3rd person singularoughtn'ts
Present participleoughtn'ting
Past simpleoughtn'ted
Past participleoughtn'ted

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoughtn't
he, she, itoughtn'ts

Past simpleLesson

all personsoughtn'ted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oughtn'ted
he, she, ithas oughtn'ted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oughtn't

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoughten

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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