What part of speech is owed?

Owed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. owed is a verb, past participle of owe (infinitive).
  • 2. owed is a verb, past simple of owe (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

  • Infinitive: (to) owe 
  • Present: owe  / owes 
  • Simple Past: owed 
  • Past Participle: (have) owed 
  • Gerund: owing 

What does owed mean?

Definitions

Adjective

owed - That owes.

Verb

owe - be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
owe - be obliged to pay or repay
owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"

Examples of owed

#   Sentence  
1. verb Brian repeatedly told Chris that he owed him a pretty large amount of money.
2. verb A thousand yen is owed to you.
3. verb We owed our success to their help.
4. verb He didn't really like his job, but he owed money on his new house.
5. verb He owed his success to both ability and industry.
6. verb Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
7. verb I repaid him the money I owed him.
8. verb Luigi thought everything was owed to him.
9. verb They could not pay the money they owed.
10. verb Businessmen could not pay back money they owed the banks.
11. verb They said he would not pay people the money he owed them.
12. verb He owed large amounts of money.
13. verb Many of the states owed large amounts of money.
14. verb The government owed millions of dollars.
15. verb She handed him the money that she owed him.
Sentence  
verb
Brian repeatedly told Chris that he owed him a pretty large amount of money.
A thousand yen is owed to you.
We owed our success to their help.
He didn't really like his job, but he owed money on his new house.
He owed his success to both ability and industry.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
I repaid him the money I owed him.
Luigi thought everything was owed to him.
They could not pay the money they owed.
Businessmen could not pay back money they owed the banks.
They said he would not pay people the money he owed them.
He owed large amounts of money.
Many of the states owed large amounts of money.
The government owed millions of dollars.
She handed him the money that she owed him.

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