owe
gb/ˈoʊ/ us/ˈoʊ/
A2
انگریزی
~ 2100
tartozik, hálás, köszönhet, betudható, köszönhető
فعل
A2
1
tartozik
A2
استعمال کا انداز:
to owe [someone] [an amount of money]
I still owe the bank $5,000 for my car loan.
Még mindig 5000 dollárral tartozom a banknak az autóhitelemből.
She owes her landlord two months' rent.
Két havi bérleti díjjal tartozik a bérbeadójának.
We owe the contractor half the payment.
He owes a lot of money in back taxes.
They owe their friends for the concert tickets.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
I owe my friend $10.
10 dollárral tartozom a barátomnak.
She owes the bank money.
Pénzzel tartozik a banknak.
We owe rent this month.
He owes his sister $5.
They owe money for the food.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'owe' with 'own'. 'Owe' means you must give something (usually money) back; 'own' means you have it.
معنی
Be required to pay money
لفظی تراکیب
owe money
|owe a debt
|owe rent
|owe taxes
|owe interest
ہم معنی الفاظ
be indebted to (More formal and emphasizes the state of having a debt.)
متضاد الفاظ
be owed (Refers to the opposite situation, where someone else must pay you.)
موضوعات
business
|daily life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To have to give money to someone because you borrowed it or used something of theirs.
To be under a legal or moral obligation to pay money to someone for goods, services, or as a debt.
فعل
B1
2
استعمال کا انداز:
to owe [someone] [a favor / thanks / an apology]
I owe you an apology for being late.
Bocsánatkéréssel tartozom neked, amiért elkéstem.
She owes her mentor a great deal of thanks.
Nagyon hálás a mentorának.
We owe our success to the hard work of the entire team.
He owes his recovery to the quick action of the doctors.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
I owe you a big thanks.
Nagyon hálás vagyok neked.
She owes him an apology.
Bocsánatkéréssel tartozik neki.
We owe our teacher for her help.
He owes his life to the fireman.
عام غلطی:
Learners may overuse 'owe' in contexts where 'should' is more natural, e.g., 'I owe go to the store' is incorrect.
معنی
Feel moral obligation or gratitude
لفظی تراکیب
owe a favor
|owe thanks
|owe an apology
ہم معنی الفاظ
be beholden to (More formal; implies a strong sense of obligation or indebtedness.)
متضاد الفاظ
be free of obligation (Indicates no moral or social debt exists.)
موضوعات
emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To feel you should help or thank someone because they helped you.
To feel that you should do something for someone because they have helped you or done something good for you.
فعل
B2
3
استعمال کا انداز:
to owe [something] to [someone/something]
He owes his career to his first teacher.
A karrierjét az első tanárának köszönheti.
The project owes its success to careful planning.
A projekt sikere a gondos tervezésnek köszönhető.
Our safety owes much to modern technology.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
I owe my job to my friend.
A munkámat a barátomnak köszönhetem.
She owes her skills to hard work.
A képességeit a kemény munkának köszönheti.
We owe our safety to the police.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse this with having a debt; here it is about cause, not payment.
معنی
Attribute cause to someone/something
لفظی تراکیب
owe success to
|owe existence to
|owe results to
ہم معنی الفاظ
credit (Often used in attributing positive results, but can be broader.)
متضاد الفاظ
blame on (Opposite in that it attributes a negative cause rather than crediting.)
موضوعات
communication
|reasoning
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To say that something happened because of someone or something.
To say that someone or something is the reason for a particular result or situation.
گرامر
لغت میں درج شکل
owe
IPA
GB/ˈoʊ/
US/ˈoʊ/
ہجا بندی اور زور
owe (1 ہجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (owe)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Verb
- Base: owe
- 3rd Person Singular: owes
- Present Participle: owing
- Past: owed
متعلقہ الفاظ
عبارات
owe it to yourself
1/ˈoʊ ˈɪt tə jʊɹsˈɛlf/
fixed phrase
Do something good for yourself
To do something that will make you happy or healthy because you deserve it.
مثالیں
- You owe it to yourself to take a break after working so hard.
- She owes it to herself to follow her dream of traveling.
owe someone one
1/ˈoʊ sˈʌmwˌʌn wˈʌn/
fixed phrase
informal
Be obligated to return a favor
To need to do something nice for someone because they did something nice for you before.
مثالیں
- Thanks for covering my shift—I owe you one!
- He helped me move last weekend, so I definitely owe him one.
owe a debt of gratitude
1/ˈoʊ ə dˈɛt əv ɡɹˈætətˌud/
fixed phrase
formal
Feel deep gratitude toward someone
To feel very thankful for what someone has done for you.
مثالیں
- We owe a debt of gratitude to the volunteers who made this event possible.
- The community owes a debt of gratitude to the firefighters.
owe a debt of gratitude
2/ˈoʊ ə dˈɛt əv ɡɹˈætətˌud/
fixed phrase
formal
Deeply thankful obligation
To feel you must thank someone very much for helping you.
مثالیں
- We owe a debt of gratitude to the doctors who saved her life.
- I owe a great debt of gratitude to my mentors.