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{
"term": "ought to",
"partOfSpeech": "modal verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "",
"heSheIt": ""
},
"pastSimple": "",
"pastParticiple": "",
"ingForm": ""
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to say what is the right thing to do",
"labels": "(formal)North American EnglishBritish English",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They ought to apologize."
},
{
"text": "They ought to have apologized *(= but they didn't)*."
},
{
"text": "Such things ought not to be allowed."
},
{
"text": "He oughtn't to have been driving so fast."
},
{
"text": "‘Ought I to write to say thank you?’ ‘Yes, I think you ought (to).’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to say what you expect or would like to happen",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7."
},
{
"text": "Nurses ought to earn more."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to say what you advise or recommend",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We ought to be leaving now."
},
{
"text": "This is delicious. You ought to try some."
},
{
"text": "You ought to have come to the meeting. It was interesting."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to say what has probably happened or is probably true",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now."
},
{
"text": "That ought to be enough food for the four of us."
},
{
"text": "Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?"
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːt tə//ˈɔːt tu/",
"audio": "ou/ought-to/ought_to_1_gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːtnt tə//ˈɔːtnt tu/",
"audio": "ou/ought-to/oughtn_t_to_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːt tə//ˈɔːt tu/",
"audio": "ou/ought-to/ought_to_1_us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːtnt tə//ˈɔːtnt tu/",
"audio": "ou/ought-to/oughtn_t_to_1_us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}