| VERB | social | oblige, compel, obligate | force somebody to do something |
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| communication | oblige, bind, hold, obligate | bind by an obligation / obligation | |
| communication | oblige, accommodate | provide a service or favor for someone |
| Sounds | ahblay'jh | |
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| Rhymes | IgE | |
| Meaning | Force somebody to do something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They oblige him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | compel, obligate | |
| Cause to | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Narrower | clamor | compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring |
| coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | |
| condemn | compel or force into a particular state or activity | |
| enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules | |
| enforce, impose, constrain | compel to behave in a certain way | |
| force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | |
| shame | compel through a sense of shame | |
| walk | make walk | |
| Broader | induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make | Cause to do |
| Spanish | compeler, compelir, forzar, imponer, obligar | |
| Catalan | compel·lir, obligar | |
| Nouns | obligation | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force |
| Meaning | Bind by an obligation / obligation; cause to be indebted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | bind, hold, obligate | |
| Narrower | article | Bind by a contract |
| indenture, indent | Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | |
| pledge | Bind or secure by a pledge | |
| tie down | restrain from independence by an obligation / obligation | |
| Broader | relate | Have or establish a relationship to |
| Spanish | obligar | |
| Catalan | obligar | |
| Nouns | obligation | a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply |
| Meaning | Provide a service or favor for someone. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "We had to oblige him" | |
| Synonym | accommodate | |
| Broader | comply, follow, abide by | Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes |
| Opposite | disoblige | ignore someone's wishes / wishes |
| Spanish | complacer | |
| Nouns | obligation | a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor |
| obliger | someone who performs a service or does a favor | |
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