English dictionary
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English verb: owe | |||
| 1. | owe (possession) be obliged to pay or repay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chalk up, run up | ||
| 2. | owe (stative) be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense | ||
| Samples | This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | build on, build upon, repose on, rest on | ||
| 3. | owe (possession) be in debt | ||
| Samples | She owes me $200. I still owe for the car. The thesis owes much to his adviser. | ||
| Examples | They owe the money to them , They owe them the money | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mortgage | ||
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