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oughts

  • /ɔːts/ UK
  • /ɑːts/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːts, -ɑːts

noun

  1. plural plural of ought

noun

  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative spelling of aughts (“first decade of a century”). He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.

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@misc{oughts_2026,
  title = {oughts},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oughts},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}