oblige
verb (used with object)
to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
obliges
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present tense formof oblige (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Several leaders brought up the bloc’s emissions-trading system in their remarks, which obliges companies to pay for their greenhouse-gas emissions in a bid to nudge them toward cleaner energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
After competitions, Gu is the one every media outlet wants to speak to, and she gracefully and politely obliges as she slowly shuffles through the mixed zone.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Ofcom said it decided to start investigating X to determine whether the company has failed to comply with the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, which obliges platforms to better safeguard users from illegal content online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
The potentially landmark decision was centred on European Union law which obliges companies to obtain users' consent to create lucrative personalised advertising from their data.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Nikhil obliges, fully asleep, sits upright, then closes his eyes again.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
