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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.
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 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.
[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.
