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orter

orter is the contraction of ought to.

Meaning of ought to

Verb

ought to

  1. (auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
  2. (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.
  3. (auxiliary) Indicating desirability.
  4. (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.

Questions about orter

What is orter the contraction of?
Orter is the contraction of ought to.

Words near orter in the dictionary

  1. ortataxel
  2. orted
  3. Ortega
  4. Ortenau
  5. Ortenaukreis
  6. orter
  7. orteronel
  8. ortet
  9. ortetamine
  10. ortets
  11. orth-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orter (page history and authors); ought to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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