{
    "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
}