Obliging can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| obliging - showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" | ||
Verb |
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| oblige - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" | ||
| oblige - provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" | ||
| oblige - force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
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| 1. | adj. | The obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave. | |
| 2. | verb | We had to oblige him. | |
| 3. | verb | The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes. | |
| 4. | verb | If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. | |
| 5. | verb | Tom was happy to oblige. | |
| 6. | verb | I was happy to oblige. | |
| 7. | verb | You would oblige me by bringing with you your very excellent field-glass. | |
| 8. | verb | I'm willing to oblige you. | |
| 9. | verb | We'll be happy to oblige you. | |
| 10. | verb | The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes. | |
| 11. | verb | If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. | |
| 12. | verb | Tom was happy to oblige. | |
| 13. | verb | I was happy to oblige. | |
| 14. | verb | You would oblige me by bringing with you your very excellent field-glass. | |
| 15. | verb | I'm willing to oblige you. | |
| 16. | verb | We'll be happy to oblige you. |
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| adj. | |
| The obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave. |
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| verb | |
| We had to oblige him. |
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| The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes. | |
| If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. | |
| Tom was happy to oblige. | |
| I was happy to oblige. | |
| You would oblige me by bringing with you your very excellent field-glass. | |
| I'm willing to oblige you. | |
| We'll be happy to oblige you. | |
| The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes. | |
| If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. | |
| Tom was happy to oblige. | |
| I was happy to oblige. | |
| You would oblige me by bringing with you your very excellent field-glass. | |
| I'm willing to oblige you. | |
| We'll be happy to oblige you. | |