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How to pronounce “owe”
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Pronunciation guide for owe
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of owe with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Debt: The First 5,000 Years
She was like, "Well, they borrowed the money, I mean, surely people have to pay their debts."
- Definition summary
- (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce owe
Debt: The First 5,000 Years

She was like, "Well, they borrowed the money, I mean, surely people have to pay their debts."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “owe”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
- (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
- (transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.
- [Noun]
- water
- [Adverb]
- (East Central Bavarian) down, downwards (direction away from the speaker)
Practice Nearby Words
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