Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted; held by obligation.
Wiktionary
- adj. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. under a moral obligation to someone
Etymologies
- Middle English biholden, past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Until these issues are addressed, the U.S. economy will remain beholden to Wall Street's bonus-crazed whims.”
The Huffington Post: Zach Carter: Crony Capitalism: Wall Street's Favorite Politicians
“As of Boxing Day, more than 100,000 people had signed up online for his campaign to fill India's jails with protestors who feel that a bill currently before Parliament will create a toothless ombudsman or lokpal in Hindi beholden to the very politicians it's meant to police.”
“So, in a sentence like: 'Me and Jenny went to the market', technically you wouldn't have to say 'Jenny and I went to the market', as is common prescriptive usage, because the 'and' forms a compound subject phrase beholden only to itself.”
“URBN, the parent company behind Urban Outfitters, Free People and Anthropologie, launched the new range - bhldn, pronounced "beholden" - this week.”
“He is still as "beholden" as if he had taken it from a lobbyist.”
Hillary: Obama Camp Tells Americans One Thing, Foreigners Another
“If you go back and read my sentence, "So, why do you think we need an intervenor [sic] like the U.N. in order to speak or be" beholden "to humankind," you'll note that your concept of appeal would flow like this: U.S.”
“So, why do you think we need an intervenor like the U.N. in order to speak or be "beholden" to humankind?”
“Contributions to Saskatchewan's political parties demonstrate that the new governing Sask Party is 'beholden' to the province's corporate sector.”
“There are some of us that have no one to "beholden" too and so have no concern of what happens to us upon death.”
“Earlier this week, Lekota said the military board of inquiry would be led by a retired officer, Major-General Johan Jooste, who was an experienced soldier and not "beholden" to anybody.”
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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predilection, explicit, appeal, supplication, appealing, enchanting, ovation, pertinent, apropos, opportunely, applicable, germane and 381 more...
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Favorite Words
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My GRE words
abase, abate, aberrant, abet, abeyance, abject, abjure, ablution, abnegation, abortive, abrogate, abscission and 140 more...
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enjoidooks's Words
rastafari, facetious, desultory, dubiously, ineluctable, incarnadine, diapason, alembic, empathy, feckless, transcendence, thus and 190 more...
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ADW2
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stpeter's Words
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sputnik
canoodle, span, hasten, discombobulate, sputnik, clod, encrusted, spit-shine, zeitgeist, landslide, laid, cherish and 350 more...
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preliminary, rudimentary, stance, conduit, locale, implicit, vicissitude, empirical, repository, apophthegm, apothegm, invariable and 431 more...
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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