Synonym: must, should. Similar words: bought, ought to, brought, drought, a thought, through to, forethought, deep in thought. Meaning: [ɔːt] verb.1. (used to express duty or moral obligation): Every citizen ought to help. 2. (used to express justice, moral rightness, or the like): He ought to be punished. You ought to be ashamed. 3. (used to express propriety, appropriateness, etc.): You ought to be home early. We ought to bring her some flowers. 4. (used to express probability or natural consequence): That ought to be our train now. n. 5. duty or obligation..
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5 Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb,(www.Sentencedict.com) and our poor brains beat too much for that.
7 The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.
8 I think I ought to get back to work.
9 You ought to get your watch repaired.
10 Everyone ought to rarefy his spiritual life.
11 I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.
12 He's crazy; he ought to be locked up.
13 I ought to throw this hat away.
14 You ought to practice more.
15 Elected officials ought to obey the law .
16 I ought to relax and stop worrying about it.
17 He ought to resign, I think.
18 You ought to have known better!
19 They ought to have apologized .
20 They ought to attain this aim.
21 We ought to start at once.
22 He did not know how he ought to behave.
23 We ought to inform head office.
24 You really ought to quit smoking.
25 Peter ought to be ashamed of himself.
26 Something ought to have been done before now.
27 You ought to be kinder to him.
More similar words: bought, ought to, brought, drought, a thought, through to, forethought, deep in thought, at the thought of, dough, rough, bough, tough, though, enough, borough, roughly, through, go through, thorough, although, as though, toughness, all through, get through, throughout, fall through, come through, cut through, even though.