"obliging" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav [US] Forms: more obliging [comparative], most obliging [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} obliging (comparative more obliging, superlative most obliging)
  1. Happy and ready to do favours for others. Synonyms: accommodating, willing Derived forms: obligingly, obligingness Translations (Happy and ready to do favours for others): услужлив (uslužliv) (Bulgarian), любезен (ljubezen) (Bulgarian), komplezema (Esperanto), vastutulelik (Estonian), abivalmis (Estonian), serviable (French), verbindlich (German), segítőkész (Hungarian), mūnis (Latin), љубезен (ljubezen) [masculine] (Macedonian), услужлив (uslužliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), пресретлив (presretliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), uprzejmy (Polish), usłużny [masculine] (Polish), prestativo (Portuguese), solícito (Portuguese), любе́зный (ljubéznyj) (Russian), услужливый (uslužlivyj) (Russian), предупредительный (predupreditelʹnyj) (Russian), èasgaidh (Scottish Gaelic), acomedido [Latin-America] (Spanish), servicial (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-obliging-en-adj-RZxv6Lvh

Noun

IPA: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav [US] Forms: obligings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} obliging (plural obligings)
  1. The imposition of an obligation.
    Sense id: en-obliging-en-noun-EXvaWG00

Verb

IPA: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} obliging
  1. present participle and gerund of oblige Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: oblige
    Sense id: en-obliging-en-verb-WE4ZiPhW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 6 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 8 71

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdʒɪŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-obliging.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-obliging.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obliging"
}

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