Definitions for owe

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Spelling: [oh]
IPA: /oʊ/

Owe is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in owe (eow).

Definitions for owe

verb (used with object)

  1. to be under obligation to pay or repay:
  2. to be in debt to:
  3. to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of:
  4. to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something:
  5. Obsolete. to possess; own.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be in debt:

Origin of owe

before 900; Middle English owen to possess, be under obligation, have to pay; Old English āgan to possess; cognate with Old High German eigan, Old Norse eiga. See own,

Examples for owe

In view of the violence you made use of, I consider that you owe my son an apology.

His last words were, “Crito, we owe a rooster to Asclepius.”

Yes, I'm afraid I owe a lot of money, but must we—just to-night?

Well, we all owe it to this generation of people, who worked so hard to give us the rights that we have today.

That they got one may owe something to the organization's political connections.

I owe no thanks to Mrs. Whitney, with her prunes and her prisms and her penny-pinchings.

We owe it to our young and vulnerable patients to use these medications sparingly and judiciously.

He didn't like to owe anything to other people, not even to Prissie.

We owe the discovery of this important document to Mr. Newman Flower.

We exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.

Word Value for owe
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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