how to pronounce obliged

/əbˈlaɪdʒd/

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obliged is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of obliged in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and the berlin boss was obliged to close …”

meanings of obliged

adjective:

Grateful or indebted because of a favor done.
Under an obligation to do something.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of oblige.

obliged frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word obliged occurs in english on average 5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics obliged can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that obliged can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;