obliging

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o·blig·ing

(ə-blī′jĭng)

adj.

Ready to do favors for others; accommodating.

o·blig′ing·ly adv.

o·blig′ing·ness n.

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obliging

(əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ)

adj

ready to do favours; agreeable; kindly

oˈbligingly adv

oˈbligingness n

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o•blig•ing

(əˈblaɪ dʒɪŋ)

adj.

willing or eager to do favors; accommodating.

[1630–40]

o•blig′ing•ly, adv.

o•blig′ing•ness, n.

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Adj.

obliging - showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"

complaisant

accommodating, accommodative - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

obliging

adjective accommodating, kind, helpful, willing, civil, friendly, polite, cooperative, agreeable, amiable, courteous, considerate, hospitable, unselfish, good-natured, eager to please, complaisant He was a most polite and obliging young man.
rude, unhelpful, sullen, surly, inconsiderate, uncooperative, discourteous, disobliging, unaccommodating, unobliging

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

obliging

adjective

Ready to do favors for another:

accommodating, agreeable, complaisant, indulgent.

Translations

مِفْضال، خَدوم

hjælpsom

entgegenkommend gefällig

complaciente

obligeant serviable

liîlegur, hjálpsamur

compiacente cortese impegnativo zelante

iyiliksevernazik

乐于助人的

obliging

[əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] ADJ → amable, atento
she's a very obliging person → es una persona muy amable or muy atenta or muy solícita
it was very obliging of them → fue muy amable de su parte

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

obliging

[əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] adj → obligeant(e), serviable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

obliging

adj → entgegenkommend, gefällig; personality → zuvorkommend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

obliging

[əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] adj → gentile, servizievole
it was very obliging of them → è stato molto gentile da parte loro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

oblige

(əˈblaidʒ) verb

1. to force to do something. She was obliged to go; The police obliged him to leave.

2. to do (someone) a favour or service. Could you oblige me by carrying this, please?

obligation (obliˈgeiʃən) noun

a promise or duty. You are under no obligation to buy this.

obligatory (əˈbligətəri) , ((American) əbligəˈto:ri) adjective

compulsory. Attendance at tonight's meeting is obligatory.

oˈbligatorily adverb

oˈbliging adjective

willing to help other people. He'll help you – he's very obliging.

oˈbligingly adverb

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She was lost, and when she had scolded back her senses, she found the others still waiting for the carriage, and Mr Elliot (always obliging) just setting off for Union Street on a commission of Mrs Clay's.

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I have already stated, among the other branches of human attainment which I acquired at the public school, that I learned to draw caricatures of the masters who were so obliging as to educate me.

If the reader desires to make acquaintance with the associates of my captivity, I must refer him to "Scenes of Modern Prison Life," by Thersites Junior, now doubtless extremely scarce, but producible to the demands of patience and perseverance, I should imagine, if anybody will be so obliging as to pass a week or so over the catalogue of the British Museum.

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Changes into the law propose obliging judges to report attempts to intervene in the administration of justice.

Amendments propose to oblige candidates for judges to declare their income and expenditures

MULTAN -- PTI South Punjab Secretary General Aun Abbas Bappi accused PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi of obliging his relatives and turncoats in awarding the party tickets.

PTI bigwig flays favouritism, preferring turncoats

Italy's cabinet approved a law on Friday obliging parents to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases as politicians spar over a spike in measles cases.

Italy passes law obliging parents to vaccinate children

The car continued its way before hitting one of the soldiers at the level of his leg, obliging the patrol members of fire on the car's tyres to oblige him to stop.

Man dies in Feriana as he refuses to stop (MoD)

N Obliging all government bodies to write Islamic dates besides Gregorian dates

MPs fail to turn up for session

said that Europe and Britain should play a more effective role in obliging Israel

Ashrawi Calls for Obliging Israel to Comply with Rules of International Law

Derived from Blake and Mouton's (1964) two-dimensional grid of concern for self and concern for others were five conflict styles: competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and obliging (Rahim, 1983; Thomas & Kilmann, 1974).

The dynamic interplay of interaction goals, emotion, and conflict styles: testing a model of intrapersonal and interpersonal effects on conflict styles

He said: "In 21st century Scotland, when the single largest group of people identify as having 'no religion', obliging councils to appoint unelected religious representatives to their education committees is an archaic arrangement."

Churches' school role under fire

The directive aims to increase cooperation between the judiciary and the police, obliging member states to rely on a network of contact points and to coordinate their relevant activities.