owe
/əʊ/
US pronunciation
American sound/əʊ/
owe
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> owe
Myanmar meaning
(v) ပေးစရာ ရှိသည်။ အကြွေးတင်သည်။
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owe /ǝƱ/ v
၁။ ~ (sb) for sth; ~ sth (to sb) အကြွေးတင်သည်။ She owes $10 000. ❍ They owe me £150. ❍ He owes rent to Sam. ❍ I owe you for last night's meal.
၂။ ~ sth to sb/sth အရင်းခံသည်။ မှီးသည်။ He owes his success more to his contacts than to his ability. ❍ Her style owes much to Hemingway.
၃။ ~ sth to sb ဝတ္တရား ရှိသည်။ owe one's parents respect ❍ owe loyalty to a political party ❍ We owe it to our customers to give them the best possible service.
၄။ ကျေးဇူးတင်သည်။ I owe my teachers a great deal. ❍ I owe a lot to my wife and children.
❏ owe sb one [IDM ] (infml ) ကျေးဇူးတုံ့ပြန်သည်။ Thanks, David. I owe you one.
More examples
- Tell me how much I owe, and I’ll give it to you.
- [owe someone something] : Pam still owes me £5.
- [owe someone something for something] : How much do we owe you for the tickets?
- [owe something to someone] : The companies owe as much as £200 billion to foreign lenders.
- [owe someone something] : She feels she owes her fans another concert.
- After the way she’s treated him, he doesn’t owe her anything.
- [owe it to someone to do something] : They owe it to their children to try to save the marriage.
- [owe it to yourself to do something] : I think you owe it to yourself to have a day off work.
- I think you owe us at least a little respect.
- [owe someone an apology/explanation] : Don’t you think you owe her an apology for the way you’ve behaved?
- I think we owe them a letter.
- [owe something to someone/something] : The company owes its success to its excellent training programme.
- [owe much/a lot/a great deal to someone/something] : The cathedral clearly owes a great deal to French design.
- [owe someone something] : We really owe you a great deal for all your hard work this year.
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