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obligate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
obligates; obligated; obligating
obligates; obligated; obligating
Learner's definition of OBLIGATE
[+ object]
: to make (a person or organization) do something because the law requires it or because it is the right thing to do使有义务（做某事）；使有责任（做某事） — usually used as (be) obligated通常用作(be) obligated
- The contract obligates the firm to complete the work in six weeks.合同要求这家公司六周之内完成这项工作。
- You are legally obligated to repay the loan. = You are obligated by law to repay the loan.从法律上来说你必须偿还这笔贷款。
- I feel obligated to return his call.我觉得有必要给他回电话。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb The contract obligates the firm to complete the work in six weeks. the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help
Recent Examples on the Web
Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022 Being a buy-and-hold investor doesn’t obligate you to use a death grip. Jason Zweig, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Leadership must strive to mature and obligate opportunity through support, guidance and goodwill. Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 30 June 2022 The 236-page agreement would obligate the county to make at least $10 million in renovations to Paul Brown Stadium. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022 In total, the Biden administration intends to obligate more than $713 million in foreign military financing for Ukraine and 15 other European countries, virtually all of whom have supported Ukraine's military from their own stockpiles. Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2022 While the local government wanted to obligate all people entering the territory to be vaccinated, Paris initially deemed that French citizens could not be bound by such a rule. New York Times, 12 Mar. 2022 Digital rights activists have blasted a decision by Russian authorities to obligate foreign tech firms to open local offices starting Jan. 1, fearing that those subsidiaries can be used to pressure companies into Internet censorship. Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021 And a point worth underscoring: Enabling a committee to probe whether impeachable crimes have been committed would not obligate the House of Representatives to follow through with formal impeachment proceedings. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022 Jonathan Keane, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 That may not work well with the obligate planner but this is where the rest of us can shine. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 As obligate scavengers, condors use their powerful bills to tear into dead animals with tough skin, like sea lions, that smaller scavengers can’t. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Biologists have observed, over long periods of time, that species that are obligate parthenogens frequently die out from disease, parasitism or changes in habitat. Mercedes Burns, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021 Females of these species, which include some wasps, crustaceans and lizards, reproduce only through parthenogenesis and are called obligate parthenogens. Mercedes Burns, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021 Morels exhibit a lavish, almost obligate response to fire, flourishing most in the springtime after a fire has cleared an area and augmented the soil with carbon. Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020 Cats are obligate carnivores, so quality cat food should consist primarily of meat. Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021 Indeed, the variety Dr Abe chose to work with, known as the Notojima strain, is, like the bdelloids, an obligate parthenogen. The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021 See More
Verb
In South Carolina, for example, a provider must disclose the assault to their local sheriff’s department and include the victim’s contact information, although the law does not obligate law enforcement to follow up on the report. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022 Being a buy-and-hold investor doesn’t obligate you to use a death grip. Jason Zweig, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Leadership must strive to mature and obligate opportunity through support, guidance and goodwill. Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 30 June 2022 The 236-page agreement would obligate the county to make at least $10 million in renovations to Paul Brown Stadium. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022 In total, the Biden administration intends to obligate more than $713 million in foreign military financing for Ukraine and 15 other European countries, virtually all of whom have supported Ukraine's military from their own stockpiles. Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2022 While the local government wanted to obligate all people entering the territory to be vaccinated, Paris initially deemed that French citizens could not be bound by such a rule. New York Times, 12 Mar. 2022 Digital rights activists have blasted a decision by Russian authorities to obligate foreign tech firms to open local offices starting Jan. 1, fearing that those subsidiaries can be used to pressure companies into Internet censorship. Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021 And a point worth underscoring: Enabling a committee to probe whether impeachable crimes have been committed would not obligate the House of Representatives to follow through with formal impeachment proceedings. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022 Adjective
Cats are obligate carnivores, depending on meat for their nutrition. Jonathan Keane, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 That may not work well with the obligate planner but this is where the rest of us can shine. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 As obligate scavengers, condors use their powerful bills to tear into dead animals with tough skin, like sea lions, that smaller scavengers can’t. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Biologists have observed, over long periods of time, that species that are obligate parthenogens frequently die out from disease, parasitism or changes in habitat. Mercedes Burns, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021 Females of these species, which include some wasps, crustaceans and lizards, reproduce only through parthenogenesis and are called obligate parthenogens. Mercedes Burns, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021 Morels exhibit a lavish, almost obligate response to fire, flourishing most in the springtime after a fire has cleared an area and augmented the soil with carbon. Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020 Cats are obligate carnivores, so quality cat food should consist primarily of meat. Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021 Indeed, the variety Dr Abe chose to work with, known as the Notojima strain, is, like the bdelloids, an obligate parthenogen. The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
borrowed from Latin obligātus, past participle of obligāre "to tie up, restrain by tying, place under a legal or moral constraint" — more at oblige
Adjective
borrowed from German obligat "necessary, unavoidable," borrowed from Latin obligātus "under an obligation," from past participle of obligāre "to tie up, restrain by tying, place under a legal or moral constraint" — more at oblige
First Known Use
Verb
1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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