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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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noun duty: We have an obligation to help her.
Simple Definitions
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obligation verbs have an obligation • Citizens have an obligation to obey the law. feel an obligation • When his mother died, he felt an obligation to continue her work. meet/fulfil/honour an obligation (= do something that you have a duty to do ) • The company has been unable to meet its financial obligations. • All member states must fulfil their obligations according to the EC treaty. • The government failed to honour its obligations under the terms of the agreement. impose an obligation formal (= put someone in the position of having an obligation ) • A contract imposes certain obligations on employees and employers. owe an obligation to somebody formal (= have an obligation to support, help etc someone ) • He owed an obligation of loyalty to his king. an obligation arises formal (= starts to exist ) • the obligations arising out of the treaty phrases be under an obligation (= have an obligation ) • The landlord is under an obligation to repair the house. be under no obligation • An accused man is under no obligation to say anything. a sense of obligation • the sense of obligation that you feel towards your family adjectives a moral/legal/social obligation • We have a moral obligation to take care of our environment. a statutory obligation formal (= something that the law says must be done ) • The Local Authority has a statutory obligation to provide education. a contractual obligation (= something that a contract says you must do ) • The company must refund your money in line with their contractual obligations. a binding obligation (= something that you must legally do, especially because of an agreement ) • These clauses are legally binding obligations on both parties.
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noun ADJ. contractual, legal, statutory | moral, social | financial | family I can't travel next month because of family obligations. | professional | mutual VERB + OBLIGATION discharge, fulfil, meet The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations. | comply with, honour | have We have a moral obligation to help. | feel | owe | assume, incur, take on | impose OBLIGATION + VERB arise from sth obligations arising from your contract of employment PREP. under an ~ I am under no obligation to tell you my name. | without ~ Our mortgage advice is given free and without obligation. | ~ to A lawyer owes an obligation of confidence to the client.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary