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Ought Pronunciation

Pronounce Ought as OW UW G HH T.

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    Ought phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'ought'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of ought: /oʊuɡht/
    • Modern IPA representation of ought: /ɒʊɡht/

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    List of meaning for ought

    must or should

    to be under necessity or obligation to

    you ought to buy him a new book to replace the one you lost

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    ought in sentence

    1. We ought to lionize our military men and women because they place themselves in harm’s way, so others can live.

    2. The alumni are in agreement that the college ought to appoint a new president to take over the reins of their beloved alma mater.

    3. Judges ought to judge, not legislate from the bench.

    4. Because the girl was failing all of her classes at school, she knew she ought to study every day.

    5. When I read the training manual cover to cover with the material I had already experienced, I ought to know how to do the job.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term ought

    The Rio Games ought to be deferred, the Games are important, but they are games and that’s not as important as a major health problem.

    – Arthur Caplan

    Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

    – Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers, failures have none.

    – Philip Caldwell

    I don't know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I've said repeatedly and I'm now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected.

    – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

    There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

    – Janet Erskine Stuart

    Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

    – William Cobbett

    Our people can’t even talk to the federal government unless there are some exceptions that are met, like they are a prior convicted felon. But we have people getting out every day that we don’t want released without the federal government at least having an opportunity to put hands on and make their own decision whether these people ought to be released into the streets.

    – Shawn Nelson

    They need to lower their trade barriers. They need to accept our vegetables, our beef, our fruits, our machine products, these are non-tariff barriers that ought not to exist if free and fair trade is to be achieved.

    – President Trump

    We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

    – Publilius Syrus

    You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.

    – Florence Nightingale

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