Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to obligate
Participle: obligated
Gerund: obligating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | obligate |
| you | obligate |
| he;she;it | obligates |
| we | obligate |
| you | obligate |
| they | obligate |
Perfect
| I | have obligated |
| you | have obligated |
| he;she;it | has obligated |
| we | have obligated |
| you | have obligated |
| they | have obligated |
Past
| I | obligated |
| you | obligated |
| he;she;it | obligated |
| we | obligated |
| you | obligated |
| they | obligated |
Pluperfect
| I | had obligated |
| you | had obligated |
| he;she;it | had obligated |
| we | had obligated |
| you | had obligated |
| they | had obligated |
Future
| I | will obligate |
| you | will obligate |
| he;she;it | will obligate |
| we | will obligate |
| you | will obligate |
| they | will obligate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have obligated |
| you | will have obligated |
| he;she;it | will have obligated |
| we | will have obligated |
| you | will have obligated |
| they | will have obligated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | obligate |
| you | obligate |
| he;she;it | obligate |
| we | obligate |
| you | obligate |
| they | obligate |
Perfect
| I | have obligated |
| you | have obligated |
| he;she;it | have obligated |
| we | have obligated |
| you | have obligated |
| they | have obligated |
Imperfect
| I | obligated |
| you | obligated |
| he;she;it | obligated |
| we | obligated |
| you | obligated |
| they | obligated |
Pluperfect
| I | had obligated |
| you | had obligated |
| he;she;it | had obligated |
| we | had obligated |
| you | had obligated |
| they | had obligated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would obligate |
| you | would obligate |
| he;she;it | would obligate |
| we | would obligate |
| you | would obligate |
| they | would obligate |
Perfect
| I | would have obligated |
| you | would have obligated |
| he;she;it | would have obligated |
| we | would have obligated |
| you | would have obligated |
| they | would have obligated |
Imperative
| you | obligate |
| we | Let's obligate |
| you | obligate |
Verbs conjugated like 'obligate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'obligate'
abligate,
ablegate,
alligate,
colligate,
deligate,
ligate,
oblate,
oblige,
obliviate,
obrogate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- force, compel
- force#Synonyms|force: Synonyms
- compel
- oblige, bind, force, constrain, impel, require, restrain, restrict
Antonyms
- compel
- deter, hamper, impede, balk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin obligātus, perfect passive participle of obligō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of oblige, taken through French.
Sample Sentences
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That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says. [2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 39:]