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What does ought to mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ought to? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
  2. (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.
  3. (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.
  4. (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.
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Conversing in Arabic just might be beyond most of us, but striking up the odd conversation in broken French ought to be manageable.
All the time I'm either in fear of what will happen, or I think I ought to be afraid, but this morning I felt strong and resolute.
He ought to be retiring to the nick after all the dodgy warrants he signed for Inspector Fiend.
A really complex microfluidic device ought to be able to synthesis a viral pathogen.
And that can happen because the entire issue is a non-issue, one that ought to be set aside.
Invention is so rare and so useful a quality that it ought to be protected and encouraged to the utmost.

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