ought to
Indicating duty or obligationIndicating duty or obligation.
» You ought to keep your promise.
Треба дотримуватися обіцянок.
Meaning
4 senses(auxiliary)Indicating duty or obligation.
(auxiliary)Indicating advisability or prudence.
(auxiliary)Indicating desirability.
sollte etw. tun
(auxiliary)Indicating likelihood or probability.
Examples
1582 sentencesYou ought to keep your promise.
Треба дотримуватися обіцянок. — aandrusiak
Tom ought to stop doing that.
Том має припинити робити це. — deniko
ruТом должен прекратить делать это. — sharptoothed
deTom sollte aufhören, das zu tun. — pne
I think you ought to go.
Думаю, тобі треба йти. — deniko
You ought to ask him for advice.
Тобі слід попросити у нього поради. — deniko
ruТебе следует спросить у него совета. — megaton
deDu solltest ihn um Rat fragen. — Robroy
I think you ought to forgive us.
Я думаю, тобі треба нас пробачити. — deniko
deIch finde, du solltest uns verzeihen. — raggione
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
oughts to, oughting to, oughted to, oughted to| Base form | ought to · to ought to |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | oughts to |
| Present participle | oughting to |
| Past simple | oughted to |
| Past participle | oughted to |
irregular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb