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Owe is an English word of 3 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Owe in a sentence

Related words

Owe | Owen | Owed | Owens | Owes | Owerri | Owensboro | Oweibo | Owelle

Owe meaning

  1. To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
  2. To have debt; to be in debt.
  3. To have as a cause; used with to.

Synonyms of Owe

repose on rest on build on build upon be

Related words

Other words often associated with Owe or its synonyms:

ride metal embody adjoin equal contact follow touch beryllium constitute exist personify

Using Owe

  • The main meaning on this page is: To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. | To have debt; to be in debt. | To have as a cause; used with to.
  • Useful related words include: repose on, rest on, build on, build upon.
  • In the example corpus, owe often appears in combinations such as: you owe, we owe, owe it.

Context around Owe

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

borrowers 1× represents 1× people 1× ravens 1×

Often after:

veterans 2× new 1× california 1× money 1× nearly 1× gratitude 1× flounder 1×

Sentence patterns with Owe

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

balance you owe 1× because you owe a larger 1× do i owe california for 1× do you owe one year 1× don t owe new hampshire 1× i also owe it to 1× i owe it not 1× immigrants we owe gratitude to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a licensed insurance 1× a lot of 1× a ministry of 1× a mortgage with 1× across the u 1× all the companies 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 75 trillion 1× a racial group 1× among us too 1× and cash payments 1× balance you owe 1× faced financial penalties 1×

Words around Owe

Just before it in the word index:

owda 4 owc 6 owatonna 15 owasso 6 owasp 7 owase 3

Just after it in the word index:

owed 902 oween 2 owego 3 oweh 4 owei 3 oweibo 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

filters 703 hungarian 703 inflicted 703 jill 703 metrics 703 progression 703

Corpus analysis for Owe

  • In this selection, "owe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, borrowers, represents, people, veterans, new and california stand out and add context to how "owe" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include balance you owe and because you owe a larger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "owe" sits close to words such as filters, hungarian and inflicted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with owe

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

All of you owe Flounder an apology! (7 words)

And he thinks the Ravens owe him something? (8 words)

Across the U.S., student borrowers owe nearly $1.75 trillion. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

I owe it not just to my adopted family, the Thompsons, to myself and to spirit to feel responsible to make my life about making as positive and impact in the world as possible, but I also owe it to every child that did not get this opportunity. (48 words)

A lot of dating simulators will only let you get sexy with non-playable characters (NPC) if you choose the “correct” responses, something that reinforces the problematic real-life idea that people owe you sex if you’re nice to them. (41 words)

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “We owe a debt of gratitude to Afghan citizens who worked for, or with, the UK armed forces in Afghanistan and to date we have relocated over 12,100 individuals under the scheme. (39 words)

Question examples

Now I don't owe New Hampshire any income tax (they don't have one), but do I owe California for those two months? (24 words)

And he thinks the Ravens owe him something? (8 words)

Exclamation examples

All of you owe Flounder an apology! (7 words)

Example sentences (20)

If that money doesn’t show then, you owe me, owe me, owe.

I owe it not just to my adopted family, the Thompsons, to myself and to spirit to feel responsible to make my life about making as positive and impact in the world as possible, but I also owe it to every child that did not get this opportunity.

Now I don't owe New Hampshire any income tax (they don't have one), but do I owe California for those two months?

There are longstanding debates in the Jewish tradition about precisely what loving our neighbor entails, but one thing is clear: The love we owe to our neighbor we owe to the stranger among us, too.

Instead of suggesting that we owe veterans less war, these films suggest we owe veterans victory, in the form of cathartic victories over old enemies and cash payments.

Your debtors are the ones that that owe you money and the creditors people you owe money to.

That’s what you owe them, and at least as important, that’s what you owe the child.

You owe her $1,000 at 25% daily, how much do you owe one year later?" reads the other.

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In other words, Arminians believe that they owe their election to their faith, whereas Calvinists believe that they owe their faith to their election.

Across the U.S., student borrowers owe nearly $1.75 trillion.

A licensed insurance agent, and the insurer she represents, owe a duty of care to a customer to explain coverages but neither the agent nor the insurer has a fiduciary duty to an insured under Connecticut law.

All 3 of us are kids of immigrants & we owe gratitude to *America*, not to a racial group.

All of you owe Flounder an apology!

All the companies listed have since paid back what they owe to their staff and have also faced financial penalties.

A lot of dating simulators will only let you get sexy with non-playable characters (NPC) if you choose the “correct” responses, something that reinforces the problematic real-life idea that people owe you sex if you’re nice to them.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “We owe a debt of gratitude to Afghan citizens who worked for, or with, the UK armed forces in Afghanistan and to date we have relocated over 12,100 individuals under the scheme.

A mortgage with a balloon payment can be risky because you owe a larger payment at the end of the loan.

And do everything you can to avoid missing payments, as this will add compounded interest payments to the balance you owe.

And he thinks the Ravens owe him something?

And you will not owe any curiosity in case you will pay your month-to-month steadiness in full.

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Common combinations with owe

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "owe" in a sentence?
An example: "If that money doesn’t show then, you owe me, owe me, owe." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "owe" from authentic English texts.
What does "owe" mean?
Owe means: To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
What are synonyms of "owe"?
Common synonyms of "owe" include: repose on, rest on, build on, build upon, be.
How many example sentences with "owe" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "owe", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.