owe
/oʊ/verb1 syllable
Owe means: be obliged to pay or repay.
What does owe mean?3
verb
1
be obliged to pay or repay
2
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense“This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory”
3
be in debt“She owes me $200”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with owe?60
three syllables
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Owe in a sentence
- You haven't forgot about the debt you owe me, have you?ddnktr
- You haven't forgotten about the money you owe me, have you?CK
- If you can't do good, at least pay what you owe.anzart
- I don’t owe you anything, and you don’t owe me anything!Igider
- To come down to brass tacks, you owe me something.curtisdavid
- He didn't really like his job, but he owed money on his new house.CK
- I owe him a great deal because he saved my life.CM
- Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.CK
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Forms of owe
as a verb
- past tense
- owed
- present participle
- owing
- third-person singular
- owes
- past participle
- owed