adj
Meaning 1
Under an obligation to do something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- All employees are obliged to complete a tax return every year.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obliged
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈblaɪd͡ʒd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Grateful or indebted because of a favor done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm greatly obliged for your help with this problem.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of oblige
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
See oblige. Compare obligated.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: verschuldigd — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Dutch: verplicht — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Finnish: velvollinen — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- German: verpflichtet — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Greek: υποχρεωμένος (ypochreoménos) — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Hindi: बाध्य (bādhya) — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Italian: obligato — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Latin: obligātus — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Norwegian: forpliktet — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Polish: zobligowany — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Polish: zobowiązany — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Portuguese: obrigado — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Romanian: obligat — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Russian: обя́занный (objázannyj) — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Spanish: obligado — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Ukrainian: зобов'я́заний (zobovʺjázanyj) — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Yoruba: Yoruba — Under an obligation to do something for someone
- Finnish: kiitollinen — Indebted because of a favor done
- Galician: obrigado — Indebted because of a favor done
- Greek: υποχρεωμένος (ypochreoménos) — Indebted because of a favor done
- Greek: υπόχρεος (ypóchreos) — Indebted because of a favor done
- Hindi: ऋणी (ŕṇī) — Indebted because of a favor done
- Malay: berhutang budi — Indebted because of a favor done
- Portuguese: obrigado — Indebted because of a favor done
- Portuguese: agradecido — Indebted because of a favor done
- Romanian: îndatorat — Indebted because of a favor done
- Russian: благодарен (blagodaren) — Indebted because of a favor done
- Spanish: obligado — Indebted because of a favor done
- Spanish: agradecido — Indebted because of a favor done
- Spanish: endeudado — Indebted because of a favor done
- Ukrainian: зобов'я́заний (zobovʺjázanyj) — Indebted because of a favor done
- Ukrainian: вдя́чний (vdjáčnyj) — Indebted because of a favor done
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