obligate
Requiring a way of life, habitat, etcRequiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc.
» Tom felt obligated to say something.
Том почувствовал, что нужно что-нибудь сказать. — soweli_Elepanto
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3 sensesRequiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc.
Indispensable; essential; necessary; obligatory; mandatory; unavoidably invoked.
In addition to being the obligate food source for monarch caterpillars, milkweeds also provide abundant nectar for the adult butterflies.
In some languages such signaling is optional, whereas in others it is obligate.
облига́тныйobligátnyj
(obsolete)Bound by oath, law or duty.
- restricted to a particular condition of life
Examples
81 sentencesTom felt obligated to say something.
ruТом почувствовал, что нужно что-нибудь сказать. — soweli_Elepanto
I felt obligated to say something.
I felt obligated to do that.
I feel obligated to do that.
You're not obligated to do that.
ruТы не обязан это делать. — marafon
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Partly inherited from Middle English obligat(e) (“bound (by any obligation), obliged”), paPartly inherited from Middle English obligat(e) (“bound (by any obligation), obliged”), partly directly borrowed from Latin obligātus, see Etymology 1, -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
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Forms
more obligate, most obligate| Comparative | more obligate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most obligate Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
13 synonymsAntonyms
15 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
6 patterns- obligated to do
- felt obligated to
- felt obligated
- obligated to help
- not obligated to
- is obligated to
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.