word-vault/dist/data/cards/ob/obligation.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "obligation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state of being forced to do something because it is your duty, or because of a law, etc.",
            "sensetop": "obligation to do somethingunder any/no obligationwithout obligation",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You are under no obligation to buy anything.",
                    "contextForm": "obligation to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.",
                    "contextForm": "under any/no obligation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want people coming to see me out of a **sense of obligation**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation *(= you do not have to accept it)*.",
                    "contextForm": "without obligation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am under no obligation to tell you my name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our mortgage advice is given free and without obligation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contractual", "legal", "statutory"],
                "verb + obligation": ["carry out", "discharge", "fulfil/​fulfill"],
                "obligation + verb": ["arise from something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "under an obligation",
                    "without obligation",
                    "obligation of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something which you must do because you have promised, because of a law, etc.",
            "sensetop": "obligation to do somethingobligation on somebodyobligation to/toward somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**legal/professional/financial obligations**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They reminded him of his **contractual obligations**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has promised to comply with its international obligations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have a **moral obligation** to protect the environment.",
                    "contextForm": "obligation to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have an obligation under law to protect their confidentiality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt that there was a moral obligation on me to tell the story.",
                    "contextForm": "obligation on somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want to **fulfil** our **obligation** to farmers and see they get a fair price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company did not have enough money to **meet** its **obligations**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **have an obligation** to our consumers.",
                    "contextForm": "obligation to/toward somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't travel next month because of family obligations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "obligations arising from your contract of employment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the obligations of citizenship"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "commitment",
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contractual", "legal", "statutory"],
                "verb + obligation": ["carry out", "discharge", "fulfil/​fulfill"],
                "obligation + verb": ["arise from something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "under an obligation",
                    "without obligation",
                    "obligation of"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ob/obligation/obligation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɑːblɪˈɡeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ob/obligation/obligation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘formal promise’): via Old French from Latin obligatio(n-), from the verb obligare, from ob- ‘towards’ + ligare ‘to bind’."
}