2007-02-04 09:27:09 · 13 answers · asked by poemangel always 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
o·blige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-blahyj] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, o·bliged, o·blig·ing.
–verb (used with object) 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: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
5. to make (an action, policy, etc.) necessary or obligatory: Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part.
–verb (used without object) 6. to be kindly accommodating: I'll do anything within reason to oblige.
2007-02-04 09:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by MeMyselfAndI 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Does Obliged Mean
2016-09-28 09:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What does obliged mean?
2015-08-18 11:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oblige is the verb from obligation which means need or require. You didn't have to buy the same phone as they did, but as it happened you had no other choice. Tell them that.
2016-03-18 22:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means obligated.
2007-02-04 10:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
under a moral obligation to do something
2007-02-04 09:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by figuresk87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obliged means to be indebted.
2007-02-04 09:35:31 · answer #7 · answered by dimple555 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where my Girlfriends have been concerned it means I had to fetch and carry, open doors, light cigarettes, polish shoes, laundry, ironing, pay for dinner/dates, you get the idea?
2007-02-04 11:36:59 · answer #8 · answered by keithanthony0169 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In lay terms: One who is beholding to another. One that feels they owe another for some reason.
2007-02-04 09:42:25 · answer #9 · answered by lisa l 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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*You were not being forced to have the same phone as them. It was not a requirement for you to buy that one.
2016-03-26 22:10:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋