English-Portuguese translations for ought

• dever
  Deveríamos tomar este aspecto em consideração.We ought to bear that in mind.
  Deveríamos ser informados directamente. We ought to be informed directly.
  Este assunto deverá ser uma matéria de competência nacional.”This ought to be a national concern.

Definition of ought

• Indicating duty or obligation
• Indicating advisability or prudence
• Indicating desirability
• Indicating likelihood or probability
• ; anything obsolete spelling??--
• ; at all, to any degree
• A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case
• ; cipher, zero, nought

Examples

• I ought to vote in the coming election
• You ought to stand back from the edge of the platform
• He ought to read the book; it was very good
• We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway

Related words

• nought
• thought
• thoughtful
• brought
• bought
• sought
• thoughtlessly
• thoughtless
• dreadnought