oblige

oblige
01. Our car wouldn't start, and we were [obliged] to leave it by the side of the road, and walk to a gas station.
02. People who are learning to drive are [obliged] to have a person with a license in the car with them at all times.
03. The waves were getting bigger and bigger, so we were [obliged] to paddle our canoe back to shore.
04. If you need help moving into your new apartment, I'd be happy to [oblige].
05. The city's new bylaw [obliges] pet owners to clean up after their animals when they take them for a walk.
06. Bad weather has [obliged] us to cancel our plans for an overnight hike this weekend.
07. There is an Italian saying which observes that a priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children, who are [obliged] to call him Uncle.
08. Mark Twain once said that work consists of whatever a body is [obliged] to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not [obliged] to do.
09. The recent slowdown has [obliged] us to lay off some staff, at least for the time being.
10. I don't want to do the work, but I'm kind of [obliged] to because I've already turned down a project in the last month.
11. In my ESL class, we are [obliged] to read one book every two weeks in order to improve our reading and vocabulary in English.
12. The Tokyo Convention [obliges] nations to take all necessary action to restore control of a hijacked airplane to its lawful commander.
13. In Kazakhstan, one is [obliged] to provide a meal and a bed for any relative who comes to visit.
14. Every male in Singapore over the age of 18 is [obliged] to spend two and a half years in the armed forces.
15. A recent study suggests that many older women still want to have sex, but often find their men cannot [oblige].
16. Please understand that if your product does not improve, we will be [obliged] to terminate our contract.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • obligé — obligé, ée [ ɔbliʒe ] adj. • XIIIe; de obliger A ♦ (Personnes) 1 ♦ Tenu, lié par une obligation, assujetti par une nécessité. Dr. Une personne obligée envers un créancier. N. Le principal obligé : le débiteur principal (opposé à caution). Être,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • obligé — obligé, ée (o bli jé, jée) part. passé d obliger. 1°   Lié par quelque chose dont on ne peut se dégager. •   Elle sera obligée à son voeu ; et elle accomplira effectivement tout ce qu elle aura promis et juré, SACI Bible, Nombr. XXX, 45. •   Je… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • oblige — o‧blige [əˈblaɪdʒ] verb 1. [transitive] to make it necessary for someone to do something: oblige be obliged to do something • As a result of falling profits, we were obliged to close the factory. 2. [intransitive, transitive] to do something that …   Financial and business terms

  • oblige — 1 constrain, coerce, compel, *force Analogous words: *tie, bind 2 Oblige, accommodate, favor mean to do a service or courtesy. To oblige a person is to make him indebted by doing something that is pleasing to him {Punch was always anxious to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • oblige — index accommodate, aid, assist, bear (support), bestow, bind (obligate), call ( …   Law dictionary

  • oblige — [v1] require bind, coerce, command, compel, constrain, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, shotgun*; concepts 14,242,646 Ant. let off oblige [v2] do a favor or kindness accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward*, benefit, come… …   New thesaurus

  • oblige — [ə blīj′, ōblīj′] vt. obliged, obliging [ME obligen < OFr obligier < L obligare, to bind, oblige < ob (see OB ) + ligare, to bind: see LIGATURE] 1. to compel by moral, legal, or physical force; constrain 2. to make indebted for a favor… …   English World dictionary

  • Oblige — O*blige ([ o]*bl[imac]j ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged} ([ o]*bl[imac]jd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliging} ([ o]*bl[imac] j[i^]ng).] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob (see {Ob }) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf. {Obligate}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • oblige — (v.) c.1300, to bind by oath, from O.Fr. obligier (13c.), from L. obligare to bind, put under obligation, from ob to (see OB (Cf. ob )) + ligare to bind, from PIE root *leig to bind (see LIGAMENT (Cf. li …   Etymology dictionary

  • oblige — ► VERB 1) compel legally or morally. 2) perform a service or favour for. 3) (be obliged) be indebted or grateful. ORIGIN Latin obligare, from ligare to bind …   English terms dictionary

  • oblige — o|blige S3 [əˈblaıdʒ] v formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: obliger, from Latin obligare, from ligare to tie ] 1.) [T usually passive] if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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