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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. / (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

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owe

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Source Word

owe

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əʊ/

Verb

ditransitive intransitive transitive

(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. / (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

Japanese Meaning

返済義務がある / 借金をしている / 誰かに返すべき義務を負っている

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I owe you an apology for missing your call.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

電話に出られずご迷惑をおかけしたので、あなたに謝らなければなりません。

Sense（1）

(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

I owe Kevin five bucks which he lent to me last week.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.

'The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

owes

（ present singular third-person ）

owing

（ participle present ）

owed

（ past ）

ought

（ archaic past ）

owed

（ participle past ）

own

（ archaic participle past ）

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