beholden

«beholden» in Mova's school dictionary: to feel you owe them thanks because they helped you — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (no -er form used; old use); in the tales often «beholden to»

meaning for a pupil

To be beholden to someone is to feel you owe them thanks because they helped you. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero who has been helped says he is beholden to the one who saved him; a grateful, polite way to say «I owe you»

examples

• I am beholden to you for my life. tree →
• The poor boy was beholden to the kind old woman. tree →
• Thank you; I shall never forget that I am beholden to you. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «beholden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.