"owe" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

owe verbo

owe + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 45
owe money • owe allegiance • owe taxes • owe one's life • owe one's existence • owe one's name • owe an apology • owe one's origin • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(4) name, origin
Kolokacji: 2
1. owe one's name = być winnym czyjś imię owe one's name
2. owe one's origin = być winnym czyjś pochodzenie owe one's origin
  • The physical culture movement of the 19th century owed its origins to several cultural trends.
  • But no matter what the product, it often owes its origins to the Israeli military.
  • What came to be known as the welfare state has left a legacy to which the Union itself owes its origins.
  • This work owed its origin to a political question.
  • Nevertheless, the modern federal apparatus owes its origins to changes that occurred during the period between 1861 and 1933.
  • Fullers owes its origins, name, and early growth to the Fuller family.
  • Nonetheless, it has led scholars to believe that the sweet may in fact owe its origin to the very temple itself.
  • The town owes its origin to this effect, since it developed as a centre for the whaling industry.
  • As to length, there are two traditional ways of measuring and both owe their origins to tiger shooting.
  • It owes its origins entirely to the colliery there of the same name.
(5) apology, thanks, explanation
Kolokacji: 3
(6) favor, gratitude
Kolokacji: 2
(8) success, creditor, fortune
Kolokacji: 3
(9) dollar, wage, pound
Kolokacji: 3
(11) obedience, respect
Kolokacji: 2
(13) fee, interest
Kolokacji: 2
owe + preposición
Kolokacji: 17
owe to • owe on • owe for • owe about • owe in • ...
owe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
owe largely • owe partly • actually owe • owe mainly • owe primarily • ...

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