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..
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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91 If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.
92 You ought to make a few discreet enquiries before you sign anything.
93 The child ought to be punished.You shouldn't let him get away with telling lies!
94 Before organizing that procession along the street we ought to have notified the police.
95 If you're sexually harassed(Sentencedict.com), you ought to do something about it.
96 We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement.
97 'You ought to have thought of them,'she said in a reproachful tone.
98 I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.
99 Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.
100 By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain.
101 The first thing is to get some more food. When we've done that we ought to start again.
102 She ought to be thoroughly ashamed of herself - talking to her mother like that!
103 A statesman who ought to know better wants to unpick last year's reform of Europe's common agricultural policy.
104 Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7.
105 Julian ought to have resigned, then he'd have come out of it with some credit.
106 So you think we ought to wait here? — Precisely.
107 Historical analogies, as between Napoleon and Hitler, ought not to be carried too far.
108 If we all stick together, we ought to be okay.
109 "This ought to be fun," he told Alex, eyes gleaming.
110 Your claim ought to succeed, in which case the damages will be substantial.
111 This sauce needs a bit of flavour - I know, some lemon juice should/ought to do the trick.
112 One ought to live up to what he knows to be right.
113 I think we ought to keep the truth from him until he's better.
114 Joking apart, you ought to smoke fewer cigarettes, you know.
115 Many will regard his appointment as the kind of nepotism British banking ought to avoid.
116 He ought to have arrived by now / by this time.
117 That ought to be enough food for the four of us.
118 I floundered around trying to decide what I ought to do next.
119 There ought to be more buses during the rush hour.
120 Your ankle's swollen-I think the doctor ought to look at it.
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.