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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"
to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something: The law obliges companies to pay decent wages to their employees. The law does not obligate sellers to accept the highest offer. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing somebody to act.
[transitive, usually passive] oblige somebody to do something to force somebody to do something, by law, because it is a duty, etc. Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school. I felt obliged to ask them to dinner. He suffered a serious injury that obliged him to give up work.
To oblige is to do something you have to, because you're bound by either good manners or the law. You are obliged to pay back your student loans, or for your portion of the dinner bill. You may also feel obliged to bring a gift if you're invited to a wedding.
3 days ago · oblige in American English. (əˈblaidʒ) (verb obliged, obliging) transitive verb. 1. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity. 2. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract. 3. to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service.
verb. uk / əˈblaɪdʒ / us. be obliged to do sth. Add to word list 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)
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. to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
Oblige Definition. ə-blīj. obliged, obliges, obliging. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. obliged, obliges, obliging. To compel by moral, legal, or physical force; constrain. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make indebted for a favor or kindness done; do a favor for. Webster's New World.
