 Definitions of ought [ɔt]
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1. ought
(used to express duty or moral obligation):
Every citizen ought to help.
2. ought
(used to express justice, moral rightness, or the like):
He ought to be punished.
3. ought
(used to express propriety, appropriateness, etc.):
We ought to bring her some flowers.
4. ought
(used to express probability or natural consequence):
That ought to be our train now.
5. (n.) ought
duty or obligation.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME ought, aught, OE āhte, past tense of āgan to owe)
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Sense: used to indicate duty; should
You ought to help them; He oughtn't to have done that.
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 Afrikaans: behoort |
 Arabic: يَنْبَغي، يَجِب |
 Bulgarian: длъжен съм |
 Brazilian: dever |
 Czech: měl bych/bys (atd.) |
 German: Konjunktiv von sollen |
 Danish: burde |
 Greek: οφείλω, πρέπει |
 Spanish: deber |
 Estonian: peaks |
 Farsi: باید |
 Finnish: pitäisi |
 French: devoir |
 Hebrew: צָרִיך |
 Hindi: चाहिये, बाध्य होना |
 Croatian: morati, trebati |
 Hungarian: kellene, (nem) kellett vo |
 Indonesian: harus |
 Icelandic: ætti |
 Italian: dovere |
 Japanese: ～するべきである |
 Korean: (당연히) ...해야 하다 |
 Lithuanian: (man) reikėtų, turėčiau.. |
 Latvian: (izsaka vajadzību, nepiec |
 Malay: patut |
 Dutch: moeten |
 Norwegian: burde, skulle |
 Polish: powinno się |
 Persian: باید |
 Pashto: بايد |
 Portuguese: dever |
 Romanian: a trebui |
 Russian: должен |
 Slovak: mal by (si) |
 Slovenian: morati |
 Serbian: treba da |
 Swedish: bör, borde, skall, skulle |
 Thai: ควรจะ |
 Turkish: (yap)malı, (yap)sa iyi ol |
 Taiwanese: 應該 |
 Ukrainian: виражає повинність |
 Urdu: لازم ہونا |
 Vietnamese: phải |
 Chinese: 应该（指道义上有责任） |
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