Ought

/ɔːt/

Synonyms for "ought" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Strong matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
Verb(3 words)
conditional obligationdutyhave to

Related words (17)

Verb(6 words)
moral obligationmustnormobligationprescriptive claimrational prescription
Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries
auxiliary verbclaimmodal verbmoral normnormnormative statementproposition

More specific

9 entries
conditional obligationethical obligationlegal obligationmoral dutymustnormative idealprescriptive claimshallshould

Collocations

11 entries
deontic mandatedeontic obligationethical obligationmoral imperativemoral obligationnormative dutyought not toought to beought to haveresearchers ought tostudents ought to

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.

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I think that you ought to apologize to her.

Source: tatoeba (11374)

You ought to have adopted his plan.

Source: tatoeba (15819)

You ought to ask him for advice.

Source: tatoeba (15832)

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