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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"
1. : to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance. obliged to find a job. felt obliged to share it with her. 2. a. : to put in one's debt by a favor or service. We are much obliged for your help. b. : to do a favor for. always ready to oblige a friend. intransitive verb.
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.
to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity. Synonyms: force, compel. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract. Synonyms: obligate. to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service: I'm much obliged for the ride.
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.
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.
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. I'm much obliged for the ride. 4. to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation.
[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.
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 [...]
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 much obliged/I am obliged to you/etc [...]
Oblige definition: To compel or require (someone) to do something, as by circumstance or legality.
