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Meaning of "obligate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBLIGATE

From Latin obligāre to oblige.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIGATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obligate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb obligate in English.

WHAT DOES OBLIGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Obligate

As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as: ▪ Obligate aerobe, an organism that cannot survive without oxygen ▪ Obligate anaerobe, an organism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen ▪ Obligate air-breather, a term used in fish physiology to describe those that respire entirely from the atmosphere ▪ Obligate carnivore, an organism dependent for survival on a diet of animal flesh. ▪ Obligate hibernation, a state of inactivity in which some organisms survive conditions of insufficiently available resources. ▪ Obligate intracellular parasite, a parasitic microorganism that cannot reproduce without entering a suitable host cell ▪ Obligate parasite, a parasite that cannot reproduce without exploiting a suitable host ▪ Obligate photoperiodic plant, a plant that requires sufficiently long or short nights before it initiates flowering, germination or similarly functions ▪ Obligate symbionts, organisms that can only live together in a symbiosis...

Definition of obligate in the English dictionary

The first definition of obligate in the dictionary is to compel, constrain, or oblige morally or legally. Other definition of obligate is to bind as security. Obligate is also compelled, bound, or restricted.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OBLIGATE

PRESENT

Present
I obligate
you obligate
he/she/it obligates
we obligate
you obligate
they obligate
Present continuous
I am obligating
you are obligating
he/she/it is obligating
we are obligating
you are obligating
they are obligating
Present perfect
I have obligated
you have obligated
he/she/it has obligated
we have obligated
you have obligated
they have obligated
Present perfect continuous
I have been obligating
you have been obligating
he/she/it has been obligating
we have been obligating
you have been obligating
they have been obligating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I obligated
you obligated
he/she/it obligated
we obligated
you obligated
they obligated
Past continuous
I was obligating
you were obligating
he/she/it was obligating
we were obligating
you were obligating
they were obligating
Past perfect
I had obligated
you had obligated
he/she/it had obligated
we had obligated
you had obligated
they had obligated
Past perfect continuous
I had been obligating
you had been obligating
he/she/it had been obligating
we had been obligating
you had been obligating
they had been obligating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will obligate
you will obligate
he/she/it will obligate
we will obligate
you will obligate
they will obligate
Future continuous
I will be obligating
you will be obligating
he/she/it will be obligating
we will be obligating
you will be obligating
they will be obligating
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
Future perfect continuous
I will have been obligating
you will have been obligating
he/she/it will have been obligating
we will have been obligating
you will have been obligating
they will have been obligating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would obligate
you would obligate
he/she/it would obligate
we would obligate
you would obligate
they would obligate
Conditional continuous
I would be obligating
you would be obligating
he/she/it would be obligating
we would be obligating
you would be obligating
they would be obligating
Conditional perfect
I would have obligate
you would have obligate
he/she/it would have obligate
we would have obligate
you would have obligate
they would have obligate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been obligating
you would have been obligating
he/she/it would have been obligating
we would have been obligating
you would have been obligating
they would have been obligating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you obligate
we let´s obligate
you obligate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to obligate
Past participle
obligated
Present Participle
obligating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLIGATE


alligate
ˈælɪˌɡeɪt
castigate
ˈkæstɪˌɡeɪt
circumnavigate
ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
colligate
ˈkɒlɪˌɡeɪt
congregate
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
desegregate
diːˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
disaggregate
dɪsˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt
fumigate
ˈfjuːmɪˌɡeɪt
instigate
ˈɪnstɪˌɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
irrigate
ˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt
litigate
ˈlɪtɪˌɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
reinvestigate
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
relegate
ˈrɛlɪˌɡeɪt
segregate
ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
smifligate
ˈsmɪflɪˌɡeɪt
variegate
ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIGATE

obligable
obligant
obligated
obligately
obligati
obligation
obligational
obligative
obligato
obligator
obligatorily
obligatoriness
obligatory
oblige
obliged
obligee
obligement
obliger
obliging
obligingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIGATE

agate
aggregate
AND gate
exclusive OR gate
fatigate
fertigate
frigate
fustigate
gate
in the aggregate
legate
ligate
profligate
Reigate
remigate
strigate
subirrigate
suffumigate
tailgate
vitilitigate

Synonyms and antonyms of obligate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obligate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIGATE

Find out the translation of obligate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obligate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obligate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预留
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obligar
570 millions of speakers

English

obligate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाचार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلزام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обязывает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obrigar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাধ্যতামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obliger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mewajibkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verpflichten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

義務付ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglakoni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắt buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிணைப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंधनकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mecbur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obbligare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zobowiązać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зобов´язує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obliga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχρεωτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obligaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obligate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forplikte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obligate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGATE»

The term «obligate» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obligate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obligate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obligate

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QUOTES WITH «OBLIGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obligate.
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Peter Bichsel
It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIGATE»

Discover the use of obligate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obligate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The obligate intracellular lifestyle
Advances. in. genetic. manipulation. of. obligate. intracellular. bacterial. pathogens. PaulA. Beare1, Kelsi M. Sandoz2, Anders Omsland1, Daniel D. Rockey2 and Robert A. Heinzen1* 1 Coxiella Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Intracellular ...
Kenneth A. Fields, Rey Carabeo, Robert A. Heinzen
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Palp Growth and Regeneration of the Obligate Hermit Crab ...
Twenty-four polydorids are known to have associations with hermit crabs; of these, twenty-one are considered facultative associates and five are considered obligate associates (Williams and McDermott, 2004; Table 1).The spionid Dipolydora ...
Isah Veronica Dualan, 2008
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Neotropical Ant-gardens: Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of ...
33 SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEED DISPERSAL IN AN OBLIGATE ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM ........................................................................................ 51 Introduction .
Elsa Kristen Youngsteadt, 2008
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Functional Genomics of Pasteuria Penetrans, an Obligate ...
ABSTRACT Pasteuria penetrans is an obligate parasite of Meloidogyne spp. ( root knot nematodes). Due to its fastidious nature, in vitro culturing of this organism has proven to be challenging. To date, there are no reports of exponential growth ...
Jenora Turner Waterman, 2006
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Computational Methods in Systems Biology: 7th International ...
exist as stable structures in vivo while in non-obligate interactions the monomers can exist independently of the complex. The distinction between transient and permanent interactions was originally based on the lifetime of the association.
Pierpaolo Degano, Roberto Gorrieri, 2009
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Wastewater Bacteria
Different bacteria. FIGURE 3.7 Temperature ranges of growth and generation rates for psychrophiles, mesophiles, and thermophiles. Obligate aerobes Obligate anaerobes Facultative anaerobes CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA ACCORDING.
Michael H. Gerardi, 2006
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Essentials of ...
With respect to oxygen (O2), a bacterial isolate can be classified into one of five major groups: obligate aerobes, microaerophilic aerobes (microaerophiles), facultative anaerobes, aerotolerant anaerobes, and obligate anaerobes (Fig. 8- 10).
Paul G. Engelkirk, Janet L. Duben-Engelkirk, 2008
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Plant Pathology
Moreover, certain pathogens, e.g., slime molds and those causing sooty molds, can cause disease by just covering the surface of the plant without parasitizing the plant. Obligate and nonobligate parasites generally differ in the ways in which  ...
George N. Agrios, 2005
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Invasive Plant Ecology i...
Types of mutualisms Obligate mutualisms In an obligate mutualism, both partners of the association require each other in order to survive. The most extreme examples of an obligate mutualism (often called a 'symbiosis') are lichens, which are ...
Booth, B.D., Murphy, S.D., Swanton, C.J.
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The Migration Ecology of Birds
In considering the proximate control of migration, a useful distinction can be drawn between obligate migration (formerly called instinct or calendar migration) and facultative migration (formerly called weather migration). In obligate migration ...
Ian Newton, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obligate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch: Kerry Indicates US Will Defend Iran from Israel
The articles in question state that the US, world powers and the EU obligate to "co-operation through training and workshops to strengthen ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
2
City/area digest -- July 24
Attending the meeting does not obligate those attending in any way. For more information, call 402-710-3650, visit www.epworthvillage.org, ... «Columbus Telegram, Jul 15»
3
American Airlines Group Reports Highest Quarterly Profit In …
The program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares or continue a dividend for any fixed period, and may ... «AviationPros.com, Jul 15»
4
LACMTA Board approves project to enhance pedestrian safety at 27 …
This agreement will also obligate UP to perform and maintain certain work needed. The work to be performed by UP includes signal design of ... «Railway Track & Structures, Jul 15»
5
Study: Demographics point to Democrat domination
Researcher Stanley Kurtz, focused on the way the new HUD funding rules obligate local grantees to compare themselves to the racial makeup of other nearby ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
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EPA's proposed endangerment finding for aircraft greenhouse gas …
[6] Thus, a finalized endangerment finding will obligate the successor administration to promulgate aircraft emission standards in some form. «Lexology, Jul 15»
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American Airlines reports highest quarterly profit in company history
The program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares or continue a dividend for any fixed period, and may ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
8
Microsemi Corporation Announces Second $100 Million Stock …
The program does not obligate the company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and may be modified or suspended at any time ... «IT Business Net, Jul 15»
9
Marco Rubio says Iran deal means we have to help defend Iran from …
Bunn added that by its plain language, the provision does not obligate any of the signatories, including the United States, to do anything in ... «PolitiFact, Jul 15»
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Uber Canada hit with $400 million lawsuit for creating an “enormous …
And you can't obligate people to buy something. Free trade is like free speech. And when supply and demand are at equilibrium, the cost of the ... «MobileSyrup.com, Jul 15»

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