Defenition of the word owe
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Defenition of the word owe
- To be bound to give or recognize something.
- To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone; to have debt.
- be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
- be obliged to pay or repay
- be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
- be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein''s Relativity Theory"
- be in debt
- be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
Hyponyms for the word owe
Hypernyms for the word owe
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- be
- build on
- build upon
- repose on
- rest on
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