Meaning of oblige in English

Fearing disqualification, competing architects feel obliged to keep closely to the brief, and their opportunity to question it is very limited.

Convention and common sense dictated that potential purchasers were obliged to scrutinise the accounts of the target company.

Thus, donors should not resent a lack of giving on behalf of past recipients, nor should recipients feel obliged to return benefits to a donor.

I do wish publishers would stop feeling obliged to make claims which are at best over-ambitious and at worse misleading.

The bill obliges physicians to report euthanasia to the prosecution, while euthanasia itself remains a criminal offence.

The maid was obliging, pointing out the rooms where both men slept.

Only in 1820 were the crown lawyers statutorily obliged to bring a libel information to trial within a year of the filing date.

Such - mostly community-level - organisational structures have also been obliged to develop the capacity to deal with other stakeholders at the local, regional and national level.

Students with grants in such schools were usually obliged to perform services in exchange, such as cleaning.

Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged to refrain from picking our respective noses in public places.

Furthermore, there are no term limits and parties are obliged to nominate incumbents desiring re-election regardless of their conduct in office.

I am obliged to walk one mile, but may unselfishly walk a second.

Therefore, for all practical purposes, it must be shown that religion is truth-oriented before we are obliged to examine pro-religious arguments.

Again, being obliged to do it unless and until someone else does it will solve the problem only where there is perfect communication.

Countries with regulations above the minimum standard are not obliged to decrease their standard levels.

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Translations of oblige

in Chinese (Traditional) 迫使, 責成, 強迫,迫使… in Chinese (Simplified) 迫使, 责成, 强迫,迫使… in Spanish hacer el favor, complacer, obligar… in Portuguese fazer o favor, satisfazer a, obrigar… in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in Catalan in Gujarati in Swedish in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Bengali in Indonesian in Vietnamese in Italian भाग पाडणे, उपकृत करणे… (人)に親切にする, 義務付(ぎむづ)ける, ~してやる… yardımsever olmak, isteğini yerine getirmek, mecbur etmek… obliger, obliger à, rendre service (à)… ajudar, complaure… gebieden, van dienst zijn… குறிப்பாக அவர்கள் உங்களிடம் கேட்ட ஒன்றைச் செய்வதன் மூலம், ஒருவரை மகிழ்விக்க அல்லது உதவ… किसी को खुश करना या उसकी मदद करना, उपकृत करना… tvinge, gøre én en tjeneste… tvinga, tillmötesgå, göra en tjänst… menyebabkan sso terpaksa, menolong… nötigen, einen Gefallen tun… forplikte, hjelpe til, imøtekomme… ممنون کرنا, مہربانی کرنا, احسان مند کرنا… зобов'язувати, примушувати, робити послугу… оказывать услугу, помогать…

ఎవరినైనా మెప్పించు లేదా ఎవరికైనా సహాయం చేయు, ముఖ్యంగా వాళ్ళు మిమ్మల్ని చేయమని కోరిన పనిని చేయడం ద్వారా…

يَخدِم, يُساعِد… বাধিত হওয়া, বাধিত করা… (při)nutit, zavázat si vděčností… memaksa, menolong… บังคับ, ช่วยเหลือ… bắt buộc, làm ơn… wyświadczyć przysługę, być uprzejmym, nakazać… fare una cortesia (a), prestarsi a, obbligare… Need a translator?

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