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- Dictionaryoblige/əˈblʌɪdʒ/
verb
- 1. make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something: "doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery" Similar
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OBLIGE definition: 1. to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of OBLIGE is to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance. How to use oblige in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Oblige.
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 put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
OBLIGE meaning: 1. to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something: 2. to…. Learn more.
oblige emphasizes the idea of conferring a favor or benefit (and often of taking some trouble to do it): to oblige someone with a loan. accommodate emphasizes doing a service or furnishing a convenience: to accommodate someone with lodgings and meals.
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.
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.
