Explore Obligate through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like oblige or commit. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Obligate meaning
- To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
- To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
Synonyms of Obligate
Using Obligate
- The main meaning on this page is: To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie. | To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige. | To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
- Useful related words include: oblige, commit, confide, trust.
- In the example corpus, obligate often appears in combinations such as: are obligate, not obligate, obligate for.
Context around Obligate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obligate
- In this selection, "obligate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, generally, either, species, relatively, intracellular and nasal stand out and add context to how "obligate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a generally obligate or facultative and are called obligate carnivores while. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obligate" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obligate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, not all endosymbioses are obligate. (6 words)
This does not obligate anyone to enroll at RichmondCC. (9 words)
Joining the co-op does not obligate members to purchase solar panels. (12 words)
All species are obligate endoparasites of animals, citation except Nephromyces, a symbiont in marine animals, originally classified as a chytrid fungus. citation Motile structures such as flagella or pseudopods are present only in certain gamete stages. (36 words)
Obligate and facultative adaptations A question that may be asked about an adaptation is whether it is generally obligate (relatively robust in the face of typical environmental variation) or facultative (sensitive to typical environmental variation). (35 words)
An estimated 48.7% of plant species are either dioecious or self-incompatible obligate out-crossers. citation It is also estimated that about 42% of flowering plants exhibit a mixed mating system in nature. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mutualistic relationships may be either obligate for both species, obligate for one but facultative for the other, or facultative for both.
Obligate and facultative adaptations A question that may be asked about an adaptation is whether it is generally obligate (relatively robust in the face of typical environmental variation) or facultative (sensitive to typical environmental variation).
Health officials said that leprosy is a chronic infection of the skin and peripheral nerves caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, mycobacterium leprae, also known as “Hansen’s Bacillus”.
Horses are obligate nasal breathers, meaning they can only breathe through their nose, and their respiratory system lets them take two breaths per second.
Adoption of the registry does not obligate the village to create a TIF district or enter into a redevelopment agreement with a developer for TIF incentives, officials said.
Joining the co-op does not obligate members to purchase solar panels.
The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate us to purchase any particular amount of our common stock.
It didn’t obligate Amazon to sign a lease, which would have been worth around $20 million.
This does not obligate anyone to enroll at RichmondCC.
The pact doesn't obligate Seoul and Tokyo to share information and exchanges apparently slowed as relations deteriorated amid nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.
Signing up to be a foster parent also does not obligate someone to adopt, said Thomas.
A facultative anaerobe can tolerate anaerobic and aerobic conditions; however, an obligate anaerobe would die in the presence of even trace levels of oxygen.
All species are obligate endoparasites of animals, citation except Nephromyces, a symbiont in marine animals, originally classified as a chytrid fungus. citation Motile structures such as flagella or pseudopods are present only in certain gamete stages.
An alternative to contrasting nature and nurture focuses on "obligate vs. facultative" adaptations.
An estimated 48.7% of plant species are either dioecious or self-incompatible obligate out-crossers. citation It is also estimated that about 42% of flowering plants exhibit a mixed mating system in nature.
Animals that depend solely on animal flesh for their nutrient requirements are called obligate carnivores while those that also consume non-animal food are called facultative carnivores.
Both cetaceans and sirenians are fully aquatic and therefore are obligate water dwellers.
For example, the rewarding sweet taste of sugar and the pain of bodily injury are obligate psychological adaptations—typical environmental variability during development does not much affect their operation.
However, not all endosymbioses are obligate.
In addition, adaptations are expected to manifest as proximate mechanisms that interact with the environment in either a generally obligate or facultative fashion (see above).
Common combinations with obligate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- are obligate 6×
- not obligate 6×
- obligate for 2×
- obligate and 2×
- generally obligate 2×
- the obligate 2×
- obligate the 2×
- an obligate 2×
- obligate vs 2×
- obligate psychological 2×