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ought [ɔ:t, Am ɑ:t] VB aux

they ought to ask him

powinni go zapytać

he ought to have done it

powinien był to zrobić

that ought to be enough

to powinno wystarczyć

Usage examples with ought

they ought to ask him

powinni go zapytać

that ought to be enough

to powinno wystarczyć

he ought to have done it

powinien był to zrobić

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Baker remonstrated; he thought their case was hard, and that they ought to be allowed to go home. en.wikipedia.org

They ought to put a preservation order on him. www.dailymail.co.uk

I think we ought to be tolerant people. en.wikipedia.org

You ought to know that there is a possibility of such letters being dragged out some day. en.wikipedia.org

One man even suggested that the heretics ought to be burned at the stake, as in the old days. en.wikipedia.org

I ought to give up being a magistrate and set up for a matchmaker! en.wikipedia.org

Clearly, lawbreakers ought to be punished. en.wikipedia.org

They use concepts such as morally ought, morally obligated, morally right, and so forth that are legalistic and require a legislator as the source of moral authority. en.wikipedia.org

He claims that the structure of communication itself demonstrates that normative and evaluative concerns can (and ought to) be resolved through rational procedures. en.wikipedia.org

In other words a positive balance of trade ought to be maintained via a surplus of exports, often backed by military might. en.wikipedia.org

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