verb#873 by frequency
ought
/ɔːt/
Indicating duty or obligation; Indicating advisability or prudence; Indicating desirability
Meanings
- 1
Indicating duty or obligation
You ought to thank him.
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I really ought to go.
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- 2
Indicating advisability or prudence
- 3
Indicating desirability
- 4
Indicating likelihood or probabilityrare