Oblige
verb
To make someone feel that they must do something.
My work schedule obliges me to wake up early.
Often appears as...
- oblige someone to
- oblige by doing
verb
To do a service or favor for.
She obliged me by carrying my bags for me.
Often appears as...
- oblige with a favor
- kindly oblige
verb
To satisfy or fulfill.
They obliged his request for more funding.
Often appears as...
- oblige a request
- oblige by providing
verb
To make someone legally or morally bound to an action or course of action.
Doctors are obliged to maintain patient confidentiality.
Often appears as...
- legally oblige
- morally oblige
verb
To make someone feel that they must do something.
My work schedule obliges me to wake up early.
Often appears as...
- oblige someone to
- oblige by doing
verb
To do a service or favor for.
She obliged me by carrying my bags for me.
Often appears as...
- oblige with a favor
- kindly oblige
verb
To satisfy or fulfill.
They obliged his request for more funding.
Often appears as...
- oblige a request
- oblige by providing
verb
To make someone legally or morally bound to an action or course of action.
Doctors are obliged to maintain patient confidentiality.
Often appears as...
- legally oblige
- morally oblige
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Social Expectation
Used when social norms or expectations compel someone to act in a certain way.
I felt obliged to attend the wedding as I was invited.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Pressure
Conveys a mild form of pressure rather than force or threat.
He didn't ask explicitly, but I felt obliged to help.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Expectation
Used when social norms or expectations compel someone to act in a certain way.
I felt obliged to attend the wedding as I was invited.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Pressure
Conveys a mild form of pressure rather than force or threat.
He didn't ask explicitly, but I felt obliged to help.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Expectation
Used when social norms or expectations compel someone to act in a certain way.
I felt obliged to attend the wedding as I was invited.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Pressure
Conveys a mild form of pressure rather than force or threat.
He didn't ask explicitly, but I felt obliged to help.
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What AI is -- and isn't...
I'm not obliged to use any of those. I end up -- I pay only the winners, so I'm actually very cheapskate here, which is maybe not the best thing to do. But they consider it part of their education, too, which is nice. But these students have been able to produce amazing deep learning results.
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What does it mean to be...
They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid. In addition, far too many refugee children are out of school
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The twins who tricked...
then resurrect him. The lords were so delighted that they demanded the same trick be performed on them. Still in disguise, the brothers were only too happy to oblige, and began killing the lords one by one. As the surviving lords realized who stood before them
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What if we paid doctors...
but they would be obliged to pay for every evidence-based treatment option to return the customer back to health. Once the customer's healthy again, the health fee for that individual will be paid again. In effect, all players in the system
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Sophisticated Mountain...
got a lot of respect for the little hairs so I just managed to get really close to a mountain here it's very obliged very polite little hair it has sort of wandered off now and you can see behind me that's why I was filming because
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Blueprint for a quiet...
right now without insulting the speaker yes I saw the horrified looks on your faces even through the glare of these spotlights so this is how so many introverts feel about the team-building exercises we are forever obliged to
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
are now asking the same Is consciousness obliged to materiality? I accept that machine intelligence will challenge human intelligence. But the mythos of the world is built around a group of stories
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Hornets From Hell PIPE...
this Hornet is the advanced guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges
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Hornets from Hell PIPE...
this Hornet is the advance guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
would be so obliging so these guys are quite big I must say if you're looking at them in real life
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What AI is -- and isn't...
I'm not obliged to use any of those. I end up -- I pay only the winners, so I'm actually very cheapskate here, which is maybe not the best thing to do. But they consider it part of their education, too, which is nice. But these students have been able to produce amazing deep learning results.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid. In addition, far too many refugee children are out of school
Video examples
The twins who tricked...
then resurrect him. The lords were so delighted that they demanded the same trick be performed on them. Still in disguise, the brothers were only too happy to oblige, and began killing the lords one by one. As the surviving lords realized who stood before them
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What if we paid doctors...
but they would be obliged to pay for every evidence-based treatment option to return the customer back to health. Once the customer's healthy again, the health fee for that individual will be paid again. In effect, all players in the system
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Sophisticated Mountain...
got a lot of respect for the little hairs so I just managed to get really close to a mountain here it's very obliged very polite little hair it has sort of wandered off now and you can see behind me that's why I was filming because
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Blueprint for a quiet...
right now without insulting the speaker yes I saw the horrified looks on your faces even through the glare of these spotlights so this is how so many introverts feel about the team-building exercises we are forever obliged to
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
are now asking the same Is consciousness obliged to materiality? I accept that machine intelligence will challenge human intelligence. But the mythos of the world is built around a group of stories
Video examples
Hornets From Hell PIPE...
this Hornet is the advanced guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges
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Hornets from Hell PIPE...
this Hornet is the advance guard of an attack force the bees could never withstand but this time the bees set a trap they want the Hornet inside and the Hornet obliges
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
would be so obliging so these guys are quite big I must say if you're looking at them in real life
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
The most advanced minds as well as the least advanced are obliged to use the same words. If we adopt new words, it will be even more difficult - if not impossible - to make ourselves understood. The new man must therefore express himself in conventional language.
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James Hillman
American Psychologist
I can't read all the books I want to read, I can't watch all the phenomena that interest me in the world. The work calls me, and sometimes I wonder whether this is an obsession and I should drop it, or it's a necessity I'm obliged to fulfill.
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Gautam Rode
Indian Actor
Fans come up to me to talk, shake hands, hug and click photos; I usually oblige because I can see how much they admire me.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
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Wilhelm Steinitz
American Celebrity
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.
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Taiye Selasi
Ghanaian Writer
As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
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Rene Magritte
Belgian Artist
Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
The most advanced minds as well as the least advanced are obliged to use the same words. If we adopt new words, it will be even more difficult - if not impossible - to make ourselves understood. The new man must therefore express himself in conventional language.
Quote examples
James Hillman
American Psychologist
I can't read all the books I want to read, I can't watch all the phenomena that interest me in the world. The work calls me, and sometimes I wonder whether this is an obsession and I should drop it, or it's a necessity I'm obliged to fulfill.
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Gautam Rode
Indian Actor
Fans come up to me to talk, shake hands, hug and click photos; I usually oblige because I can see how much they admire me.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
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Wilhelm Steinitz
American Celebrity
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.
Quote examples
Taiye Selasi
Ghanaian Writer
As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
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Rene Magritte
Belgian Artist
Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.
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