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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.
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. arm-twisting. bludgeon. bounce someone into something.
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.
[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.
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.
