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indebted

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in·debt·ed  (n-dtd)
adj.
Morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; beholden.

[Middle English endetted, from Old French endette, past participle of endetter, to oblige : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + dette, debt; see debt.]

indebted [ɪnˈdɛtɪd]
adj (postpositive)
1. owing gratitude for help, favours, etc; obligated
2. owing money
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.indebted - owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc
obligated - caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"
2.indebted - under a legal obligation to someone
obligated - caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"

indebted
adjective grateful, obliged, in debt, obligated, beholden, under an obligation I am deeply indebted to him for his help.
Translations
indebted [ɪnˈdetɪd] ADJ
1. (= owing money) → endeudado
to be (heavily) indebted (to sb)estar(muy)endeudado(con algn)
2. (= grateful) I am indebted to you for your helpestoy muy agradecido por su ayuda
we are greatly indebted to Shakespeare for his contribution to English literaturele debemos mucho a Shakespeare por su contribución a la literatura inglesa

indebted [ɪnˈdɛtɪd] adj
[country, organization, person] → redevable
to be indebted to sb for sth (= owe a debt of gratitude) → être redevable à qn de qch

indebted
adj
(fig)verpflichtet; to be indebted to somebody for somethingjdm für etw (zu Dank) verpflichtet sein, für etw in jds Schuld (dat)stehen; he’s obviously greatly indebted to Matisse/Steinbecker hat offensichtlich Matisse/Steinbeck viel zu verdanken; thank you very much, I am most indebted to youvielen Dank, ich stehe zutiefst in Ihrer Schuld (geh)
(Fin) → verschuldet (to sb bei jdm); I was indebted to them for £3,000ich schuldete ihnen £ 3000, ich war bei ihnen mit £ 3000 verschuldet

indebted [ɪnˈdɛtɪd] adj (fig) to be indebted to sb (for sth)essere molto obbligato/a a qn (per or di qc)
indebted [ɪnˈdɛtɪd] adj (fig) to be indebted to sb (for sth)essere molto obbligato/a a qn (per or di qc)

indebted
adj indebted [inˈdetid]
(withto) having reason to be grateful to I am indebted to you for your help. verskuldig مَدين задлъжнял zavázaný; zadlužený stå i gæld; være tak skyldig zu Dank verpflichtet ευγνώμων, υποχρεωμένος agradecido, en deuda con alguien tänu võlgu مدیون kiitollisuudenvelassa redevable (à qqn de qqch.) חַייָב आभारी dužan, zahvalan lekötelezett berutang budi sem stendur í þakkarskuld grato 恩のある 은혜를 입은 skolingas parādā [] terhutang budi dank verschuldigd stå i gjeld til zobowiązany grato îndatorat (cuiva pentru ceva) обязанный;признательный zaviazaný (komu) dolžen biti nečiji dužnik tack skyldig ติดหนี้ minnettar 感激的 зобов'язаний مقروض mang ơn ,
n inˈdebtedness
verskuldigheid دَيْن، مَدْيونيَّه задлъжнялост zadluženost gæld die Dankesschuld υποχρέωση, χρέος agradecimiento tänuvõlg بدهکاری؛ دین kiitollisuudenvelka dette(s) אֲסִיר תוֹדָה कर्जदारी dugovanje, zaduženost eladósodás; lekötelezettség rasa terima kasih það að vera skuldugur debito, gratitudine 恩義 빚, 은혜, 신세 įsiskolinimas parādi keberhutangan schuldplichtigheid takknemlighetsgjeld zobowiązanie gratidão datorie; îndatorire признательность zaviazanosť zadolženost zaduženost tacksamhetsskuld ความเป็นหนี้ minnettarlık 感激 заборгованість; почуття обов'язку احسان مندی sự mang ơn


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Catherine will be amply provided for, and not, like my Frederica, indebted to a fortunate establishment for the comforts of life.
Irving, who acted as my pioneer, and to whom I am greatly indebted for smoothing my path and lightening my labors.
The commonest utterances of the commonest citizens in the time of the Colour Revolt seem to have been suffused with a richer tinge of word or thought; and to that era we are even now indebted for our finest poetry and for whatever rhythm still remains in the more scientific utterance of these modern days.
 
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