"obliging" meaning in English

See obliging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav 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)
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Noun

IPA: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-obliging.wav 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
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

Inflected forms

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          "word": "obligingly"
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        "Happy and ready to do favours for others."
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          "ready"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accommodating"
        },
        {
          "word": "willing"
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          "roman": "uslužliv",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "услужлив"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ljubezen",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "любезен"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "komplezema"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "vastutulelik"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "abivalmis"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "serviable"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "verbindlich"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "segítőkész"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "mūnis"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "ljubezen",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "word": "љубезен"
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          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "word": "пресретлив"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "uprzejmy"
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          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "word": "usłużny"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "solícito"
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          "roman": "ljubéznyj",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "любе́зный"
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          "roman": "uslužlivyj",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "услужливый"
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          "roman": "predupreditelʹnyj",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
          "word": "èasgaidh"
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          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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          "word": "acomedido"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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      "word": "љубезен"
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      "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
      "word": "uprzejmy"
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      "roman": "ljubéznyj",
      "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
      "word": "любе́зный"
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      "roman": "uslužlivyj",
      "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
      "word": "услужливый"
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      "sense": "Happy and ready to do favours for others",
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