obligate
Commit by contract
Obligate means to bind by duty, contract, or necessity: The agreement obligates both parties to confidentiality.
Often used in passive: I felt obligated to attend.
As an adjective in biology, obligate describes organisms restricted to a particular condition: an obligate parasite cannot survive without a host, an obligate carnivore must eat meat.
To make necessary
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
compulsory · mandatory · indispensable · requisite · necessary · needed · unavoidable · inescapable
Strength or compulsion
- coerceObtain by intimidation
- requireTo make necessary
- necessitateMake unavoidable or essential
- constrainTo limit or restrict
bind · compel · mandate · impose · enjoin · charge · commit · pledge
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- oathFormal binding promise
pledge · conscience · ethics · principle · integrity · devotion · allegiance · loyalty
Interspecies biological interdependence
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- hostOne receiving guests
- anaerobeOrganism needing no oxygen
aerobe · carnivore · dependent · specialized · adaptation · organism · species · ecological
Enforceable written agreement
- bindingLegally or morally required
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- complianceAdhering to requirements
statutory · contractual · covenant · agreement · stipulation · clause · provision · terms
require
To make necessary
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
imperative · compulsory · mandatory · indispensable · requisite · necessary · needed · unavoidable · inescapable · nonnegotiable
force
Strength or compulsion
- coerceObtain by intimidation
- requireTo make necessary
- necessitateMake unavoidable or essential
constrain · bind · compel · mandate · impose · enjoin · charge · commit · pledge · duty-bound
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
oath · pledge · conscience · ethics · principle · integrity · devotion · allegiance · loyalty · fealty
symbiosis
Interspecies biological interdependence
anaerobe · aerobe · carnivore · dependent · specialized · adaptation · organism · species · ecological · survival
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- bindingLegally or morally required
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
compliance · statutory · contractual · covenant · agreement · stipulation · clause · provision · terms · conditions
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- pledgesvow, promise, I promise, wedding vows, I vow
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- symbiosissymbiosis, mycorrhizae, symbiont, symbiotic, mutualism
- bacterial coloniescolony, petri dish, circular, convex, raised
- Microbial metabolismaerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, fermentation, glycolysis, citric acid cycle
obligatefacultative
Capable but not obligated
optional · opportunistic · flexible · generalist · adaptive
- social obligationRequired interpersonal duty
- familial obligationsDuties owed to relatives
- no obligationNo requirement to act
- moral obligationEthics-based required action
- family obligationsResponsibilities toward one's relatives
- landlord obligationsWhat property owners owe tenants
obligation, obligatory, obligated, obligations, obligating, obligates