Meaning

4 senses
  1. (auxiliary)Indicating duty or obligation.

  2. (auxiliary)Indicating advisability or prudence.

  3. (auxiliary)Indicating desirability.

    sollte etw. tun

  4. (auxiliary)Indicating likelihood or probability.

Examples

1582 sentences
  1. You ought to keep your promise.

    Треба дотримуватися обіцянок. — aandrusiak

  2. 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

  3. I think you ought to go.

    Думаю, тобі треба йти. — deniko

  4. 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

  5. I think you ought to forgive us.

    Я думаю, тобі треба нас пробачити. — deniko

    deIch finde, du solltest uns verzeihen. — raggione

Translations

3 languages
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Translations:

Forms

oughts to, oughting to, oughted to, oughted to
Base formought to · to ought to
3rd person singularoughts to
Present participleoughting to
Past simpleoughted to
Past participleoughted to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyought to
he, she, itoughts to

Past simpleLesson

all personsoughted to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oughted to
he, she, ithas oughted to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ought to

Word family

2 related words
Relatedaughtought

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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