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# indebted

adjective (indebted, be indebted to)

«indebted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Owing thanks to someone for help or kindness: I am indebted to you for my life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/#m1)
2. Owing money to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/#m2)

### In the lessons

a character who owes a debt of thanks or a debt of money to another

### Examples

- I am indebted to you for my life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/#x1)
- We are indebted to the farmer for the milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/#x2)
- He was indebted to the bank for his new cart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/#x3)

### Note

money owed is taken away from what you have; otherwise nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indebted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indebted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indebted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indebted.html) on Mova free.