English-Russian translations for ought

• быть
• вероя́тно
• до́лжен
• должен
• жела́тельно
• мочь
• неплохо or хорошо''
• ну́жно
• обя́зан
• предположи́тельно
• скоре́е всего́
• сле́довать
• сле́довать ну́жно
• сле́довать ну́жно быть

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