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Meaning of "obliging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIGING

obliging  [əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obliging is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OBLIGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obliging in the English dictionary

The definition of obliging in the dictionary is ready to do favours; agreeable; kindly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLIGING


ageing
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
aging
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
bridging
ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ
cottaging
ˈkɒtɪdʒɪŋ
damaging
ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ
discouraging
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
disobliging
ˌdɪsəˈblaɪdʒɪŋ
disparaging
dɪˈspærɪdʒɪŋ
encouraging
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
engaging
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ
haemorrhaging
ˈhemərɪdʒɪŋ
imaging
ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ
managing
ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ
messaging
ˈmɛsɪdʒɪŋ
packaging
ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ
paging
ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ
pillaging
ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ
raging
ˈreɪdʒɪŋ
staging
ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ
unobliging
ʌnəˈblaɪdʒɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIGING

obligate
obligated
obligately
obligati
obligation
obligational
obligative
obligato
obligator
obligatorily
obligatoriness
obligatory
oblige
obliged
obligee
obligement
obliger
obligingly
obligingness
obligor

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIGING

banging
belonging
blogging
challenging
changing
emerging
flagging
gagging
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hanging
hugging
jogging
judging
lodging
logging
singing
swinging
tagging
text messaging
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Synonyms and antonyms of obliging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBLIGING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obliging» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obliging

Translation of «obliging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIGING

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

Translator English - Chinese

乐于助人的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atento
570 millions of speakers

English

obliging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऋणी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلزام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

любезный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prestativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপকারেচ্ছু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obligeant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mewajibkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entgegenkommend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世話好きな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자상한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngawasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mang ơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंधनकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yardımsever
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

servizievole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zobowiązujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

люб´язний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndatoritor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχρεώνοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mededeelsame
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förplikta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vennlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obliging

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGING»

The term «obliging» is regularly used and occupies the 76.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obliging» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obliging» 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 obliging

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIGING»

Discover the use of obliging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obliging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism
Obliging Need provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of small-scale peasant and artisan enterprise in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico.
Scott Cook, Leigh Binford, 2013
2
Organizational Psychology in Cross Cultural Perspective
They found positive and significant correlations among three of sixteen pairs of styles: compromising and integrating, compromising and obliging, and avoiding and obliging. These correlations mean that during conflict, individuals show high  ...
Colin P. Silverthorne, 2005
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
OBLIGING, from oblige, signifies either doing what obliges, or ready to oblige. COMPLAISANT, in French com- plaisant, comes from complaire to please, signifying ready to please. Civil is more general than obliging ; one is always civil when ...
George Crabb, 1818
4
English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
CIVIL, 1;. Civil, polite. OBLIGING from oblige, signifies either doing what obliges, or ready to oblige. COMPLAISANT, in French complaisanl, comes from complaire to please, signifying ready to please. Civil is more general than obliging ,one is ...
George Crabb, 1816
5
Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Cite. See. Bid. and. Quote. Civil. Polite. Obliging. Accommodating. Courteous. Complaisant. Considerate. The Civil man was originally the ciyilis, or who fulfilled the duties of a civis or citizen. It means now him who is observant of the slight ...
‎1871
6
Journal of Agriculture
There's nothing like an obliging disposition, 1 thought to myself one day when travelling in a railway car from Boston to Worcester, seeing a gentleman put himself to considerable trouble to land another gentleman, who had fallen asleep at his ...
‎1851
7
Managing Conflict in Organizations: Fourth Edition
Chanin and Schneer's (1984) experimental study found that whereas the feelers handle conflict through compromising and obliging styles, the thinkers handle conflict through dominating and integrating styles. Another laboratory experiment  ...
M. Afzalur Rahim, 2011
8
Construction Conflict Management and Resolution
3.2 Obliging: low concern for self and high concern for others This style is associated with attempting to play down the differences and emphasizing commonalities to satisfy the concern of the other party. There is an element of selfsacrifice in ...
Peter Fenn, Rod Gameson, 1992
9
The Competent Leader: A Powerful and Practical Tool Kit for ...
The obliging party may decide that attempting to confront the issue may cause damage to the relationship and that the outcome would not be worth jeopardizing the relationship. The obliging style results in a win/loss outcome. In this case, one  ...
Peter B. Stark, Jane S. Flaherty, 1999
10
English synonymes explained in alphabetical order with ...
CIVIL, OBLIGING, COMPLAISANT. CIVIL (v. Civil, polite) is more general than OBLIGING, which signifies ready to oblige. One is always civil when one is obligitiq, but not always obliging when one is civil. Civil applies to words or manner as ...
George Crabb, 1904

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obliging is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Justice Department asked to probe Clinton's e-mail use
The State Department is now obliging her request to make public as many of the e-mails disclosure laws allow, and is regularly releasing them ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
Hargreaves Lansdown stops new advisory work for pension transfers
... came into force in April, giving over-55s full flexibility to cash in their pensions but obliging them to seek advice in certain circumstances. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Court ruling could derail Illinois pension cut strategy
Labor unions, which backed an unsuccessful Cullerton bill in 2013 that incorporated consideration, may no longer be so obliging in the wake of ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
4
Tracey's day
“They were perfect – so helpful and obliging. Everyone aimed to please.” To further celebrate the occasion, Tracey and partner Andrew enjoyed ... «Circular Head Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Billiter: Frontier Nights and the Party Zone
Ron was honoring our second wedding anniversary by obliging my taste in music. I like commercial country-western music. Ron tends to lean ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»
6
Portrait of Catherine II by Alexander Roslin. Source: Supplied
Catherine borrowed this outfit — and the black three-cornered hat that went with it — from obliging officers on June 28, 1762, the day she led a ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
7
SME fears over living wage
Obliging employers to pay more for their labour will have a series of knock on effects, and these go well beyond the knee-jerk reaction that they ... «SWNS, Jul 15»
8
US requested to probe Hillary's email use: New York Times
The state department is now obliging her request to make public as many of the emails as disclosure laws allow, and is regularly releasing ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
9
In Clinton vs Clinton fantasy run-off, Hillary wins: poll
The State Department is now obliging her request to make public as many of the emails public as disclosure laws allow, and is regularly ... «i24news, Jul 15»
10
Kiska: Time to end Harabin style judiciary
Harabin argues that there is no reason for convening the collegium as the Strasbourg jurisprudence is obliging for all. The Interior Ministry ... «The Slovak Spectator, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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