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- DictionaryO·blige/əˈblīj/
verb
- 1. make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action: "doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery"
Definition of oblige – Learner’s Dictionary. oblige. verb. uk / əˈblaɪdʒ / us. be obliged to do sth. Add to word list. B2. to be forced to do something: Sellers are not legally obliged to accept the highest offer. [ I, T ] formal. to be helpful: The manager was only too happy to oblige.
verb. uk / əˈblaɪdʒ / us. be obliged to do sth. Add to word list. B2. to be forced to do something: Sellers are not legally obliged to accept the highest offer. [ I, T ] formal. to be helpful: The manager was only too happy to oblige. (Definition of oblige from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of oblige.
Definition of oblige verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'oblige' 1. If you are obliged to do something, a situation, rule, or law makes it necessary for you to do that thing. [...] 2. To oblige someone means to be helpful to them by doing what they have asked you to do. [...] 3. See would/should be obliged [...] More. Conjugations of 'oblige' present simple: I oblige, you oblige [...]
v.t. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract. to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service: I'm much obliged for the ride.
1. ( tr; often passive) to bind or constrain (someone to do something) by legal, moral, or physical means. 2. ( tr; usually passive) to make indebted or grateful (to someone) by doing a favour or service: we are obliged to you for dinner. 3. to do a service or favour to (someone): she obliged the guest with a song.
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