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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။

Full entry

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.
Synonyms
be indebted, be obliged, be in debt, be obligated, have a loan from, be beholden, be bound, be contracted, be in arrears, be into one for, be under obligation, behind, feel bound, get on credit, have borrowed, in hock, incur, lost, on the tab, ought to, run up a bill
Antonyms
pay, resolve, settle
Cross references
be indebtedbe obligedbe in debtbe obligatedhave a loan frombe beholdenbe boundbe contractedbe in arrearsbe into one forbe under obligationbehindfeel boundget on credithave borrowedin hockincurloston the tabought torun up a billpayresolvesettleabilityandbestdeal
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