No. 10,818 in French

obligée

"Obligée" means "obliged" or "compelled."

In a sentence

Je suis obligée de partir tôt aujourd'hui.
I am obliged to leave early today.
The word "obligée" is used as an adjective showing necessity due to circumstances, with a feminine subject agreement.
Elle se sent obligée d'aider ses amis.
She feels obligated to help her friends.
The term "obligée" denotes a moral or emotional sense of duty, again agreeing in gender with the subject.
Nous étions obligées de changer nos plans à cause du mauvais temps.
We were compelled to change our plans because of the bad weather.
Here, "obligées" is the past participle fem.pl, reflecting a necessity caused by external factors and agrees with the feminine plural subject.

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