How to pronounce ought
Listen to ought in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ought” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 685 American · 975 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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now that ought to be a clue that ought to be a clue that ought to
NIH · watch from 9:27 · hear it here
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know that they ought to, and their government ought to believe in.
State Department · watch from 15:10 · hear it here
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but it ought to be just that—it ought to be temporary.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 6:38 · hear it here
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language in the opinion ought how that ought to be applied in light of
House Judiciary Committee · watch from 0:44 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ought. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.