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。

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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.

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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.

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owes

（ present singular third-person ）

owing

（ participle present ）

owed

（ past ）

ought

（ archaic past ）

owed

（ participle past ）

own

（ archaic participle past ）

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