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Definition: Obligated |
ObligatedAdjective1. Caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obligated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Synonym: ObligatedSynonym: obligated(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unobligated (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Obligated |
| English words defined with "obligated": committed ♦ unobligated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "obligated": Accrual Of Obligation ♦ pulling rank ♦ Trust Receipt ♦ Vessel Manifest ♦ with partial recourse. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "obligated": Obligate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, I do have some household rules, Dorothy, and while living here you're obligated to observe every one of them. (The Big O; writing credit: Masanao Akahoshi; Kei'ichi Hasegawa) You are not obligated to repeat everything I say. (Oh, Heavenly Dog!; writing credit: Rod Browning) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As a member of the European Union, Austria is obligated to adopt European standards. (references) | |
The distributor is also not obligated to communicate market research information to the foreign manufacturer. (references) | ||
A Chinese buyer, as a matter of stated Chinese government policy, is obligated to favor domestic products if those products are qualified. (references) | ||
Children | Nicaragua | The 1995 Law to Protect Disabled People states that companies are obligated to contract persons with disabilities, that such disabilities cannot affect their salaries, and that disabled persons must be considered equal to other workers. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Belarus | Spasyuk and his wife were then summoned to a local court where, in a closed hearing and without resort to witnesses or other legal assistance, Spasyuk was fined for "petty hooliganism." Spasyuk also was denied the right to have the trial conducted in his native Belarusian, although government offices are obligated legally to permit proceedings in Belarusian. (references) |
Economic History | Oman | The Government is not obligated to buy back any of the firm's output. (references) |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Under this code, a man, his family, and his tribe are obligated to take revenge for wrongs--either real or perceived--to redeem their honor. (references) |
Mexico | Nevertheless, human rights groups maintain that authorities still were obligated to carry out effective investigations into allegations of human rights violations. (references) | |
Singapore | The President may concur with the advisory board's recommendation that a detainee be released prior to the expiration of the detention order but is not obligated to do so. No one was detained under the ISA from 1989 through 1996. Two persons were detained in 1997, and four in 1998, all for alleged espionage. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDONESIA | Workers are obligated to report hazardous working conditions. (references) |
NORWAY | Norway is obligated to terminate these monopolies under the EEA accord but implementation is slow. (references) | |
ITALY | Under Italian code, state-owned entities are not obligated to concede rights-of-way to communications' licensees. (references) | |
Political Rights | Canada | The Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that a unilateral declaration of independence would be illegal, but that the Federal Government and other provinces would be obligated to negotiate Quebec's separation if a clear majority of Quebeckers voted to change their relationship with Canada on the basis of a clearly phrased referendum question. (references) |
Trade | Nigeria | Once the Guidelines' conditions are met, Nigerian Customs is obligated to release goods to importers within 48 hours. (references) |
India | An irrevocable foreign bank letter of credit, issued in favor of the exporter, specifically states the deferred payment terms under which the foreign bank is obligated to make payments in U.S. dollars as such payments become due. (references) | |
Women | Kuwait | The husband is obligated to provide the first wife a separate household if that is her preference. (references) |
Syria | For example, a brother who inherits an unmarried sister's share from their parents' estate is obligated to provide for the sister's well being. (references) | |
Gabon | In a polygynous marriage, a husband is obligated to give all wives the same level of financial support; however, he may marry additional wives without permission from his existing wives. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Thailand | The women are then obligated to work in a brothel to repay the loan. (references) |
Ukraine | Most workers are not informed that they are not obligated to join the official union. (references) | |
United Kingdom | No family earning less than $380 (255 pounds) per week is obligated to pay income tax. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | As the process of election becomes more complex and more costly, we must make it possible for those without personal wealth to enter public life without being obligated to a few large contributors. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Obligated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 44.44% of the time. "Obligated" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 44.44% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 22.22% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 11.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "obligated": obligated capital ♦ obligated service. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
obligated | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "obligated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملزم (binding, bound, committed, engaged, obligatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 强制 (Coerce, Coerced, Coercing, Coercive, Obligate, Obligating, Obligatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tegnet kapital (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), den tegnede aktiekapital (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitgegeven aandelenkapitaal (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), geplaatst kapitaal (capital, capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fonds engagés (obligated funds), capital souscrit (obligated capital), capital émis (obligated capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verpflichtete (committed, engaged, obliged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλυφθέν κεφάλαιο (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), εκδοθέν μετοχικό κεφάλαιο (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), εγγραφές στο μετοχικό κεφάλαιο (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), εγγεγραμμένο κεφάλαιο (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חב (indebted, liable), נאלץ (compelled, forced, obliged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lekötelezett (beholden, indebted, obliged), kötelezett (bound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | obbligato/a. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 의무를 지우는. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo-churrym, fo-chiangley, fo lhiastynys (indebted, owe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obligateday capital subscrito (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital), capital emitido (capital stock, issued capital, issued share capital, obligated capital, subscribed capital). (various references) obligator (binding, compulsory, obligatory). (various references) обязывать обязанный (obliged). (various references) obligado (bound, drafted, engages, liable, obbligato, obligates, obligatory, obliged, obliges). (various references) ซึ่งผูกมัด. (various references) обов'язковий (canonic, canonical, indispensable, mandatory, obligatory, required). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Obligated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obligade, obligaded, oblivate, Olgiati. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obligated" (pronounced Ä"blugā'tud) |
| 7 | -l u g ā' t u d | delegated, relegated. |
| 6 | -u g ā' t u d | abrogated, aggregated, castigated, congregated, corrugated, instigated, interrogated, investigated, irrigated, mitigated, navigated, propagated, segregated, subjugated, unmitigated. |
| 5 | -g ā' t u d | desegregated, litigated, promulgated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abdicated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, invigorated, irradiated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: globated, obligate. | |
-2 letters: bigoted, bloated, geoidal, gloated, globate, ligated, lobated, obliged, tabloid. | |
-3 letters: aiglet, albedo, albeit, albite, algoid, bailed, baited, beglad, bilged, boated, boatel, bodega, boiled, boleti, bolide, bolted, detail, dialog, diglot, dilate, doable, dotage, eidola, gabled, gaited, galiot, gaoled, gelati, gelato, giblet, globed, goaled, goalie, goblet, iodate, latigo, legato, ligate, lobate, obelia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-l-o-t" | |
+4 letters: diabetologist. | |
+5 letters: diabetologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 62 6C 69 67 61 74 65 64 |
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