oblige
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
force somebody to do something
We compel all students to fill out this form
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
He's held by a contract
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bind derivation
- obligation derivation
- obligation derivation
Sense 3 verb
provide a service or favor for someone
We had to oblige him
Types & categories
- abide by hypernym
Related & opposite
- disoblige antonym
- accommodation derivation
- obliger derivation
- indebtedness derivation
- accommodating derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | act |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coercion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | duty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thrust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pressure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clamor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enforce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bind |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obligation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obligation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | relate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pledge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | article |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | indenture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tie down |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disoblige |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | accommodation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indebtedness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | accommodating |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abide by |