indebted

indebted

English

Alternative forms

• endebted (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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Verb

indebted

1. simple past tense and past participle of indebt

Adjective

indebted (comparative more indebted, superlative most indebted)

1. (usually with to) Obligated, especially financially.
   • 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎:

     And Ferguson was largely indebted to young keeper David de Gea, who has had his critics this season but made crucial saves to keep United in contention as they came under concerted pressure in the closing stages.

Synonyms

• beholden
• obliged

Translations

obligated to someone

Bulgarian: задлъжнял (bg) (zadlǎžnjal) Catalan: endeutat Dutch: verschuldigd (nl) French: endetté (fr) Italian: indebitato (it) Maori: noho nama

Polish: zobowiązany m Portuguese: endividado Romanian: dator (ro), îndatorat (ro) Sanskrit: अऋणिन् (sa) (aṛṇin) Spanish: endeudado (es) Swedish: skyldig (sv)