duty
/ˈdjuːti/
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
du - ty -> duty
(n) တာဝန်
၁။ [C, U] တာဝန်။ ဝတ္တရား။
do one's duty ❍ It's the duty of a doctor to try to keep people alive. ❍ It's not something I enjoy, I do it purely out of a sense of duty. ❍ I'll have to go, I'm afraid—duty calls.
၂။ [C, U] အလုပ်။ တာဝန်။
routine administrative duties ❍ guard duty ❍ What are the primary duties of a traffic warden? See also HEAVY-DUTY
၃။ [C, U] ~ (on sth) အကောက်။ အခွန်။ customs/excise duties. Compare TARIFF ၂, DEATH DUTY, STAMP-DUTY
❏ do duty for sth [IDM ] အစားထိုးသုံးသည်။ An old wooden box did duty for a table.
❏ duty-bound adj တာဝန်ရှိသော။ ဝတ္တရားရှိသော။
I'm duty-bound to help him.
❏ duty-free adj, adv အကောက်မဲ့။
duty-free cigarettes ❍ You're allowed 1 1/2 litres of spirits duty-free.
❏ duty-free shop n (လေဆိပ်ရှိ) အကောက်အခွန်မဲ့ ပစ္စည်း အရောင်းဆိုင်။
❏ on/off duty [IDM ] တာဝန်ချိန်/တာဝန်ပြင်ပအချိန်။
I arrive at the hospital at eight o'clock, but I don't go on duty until nine. ❍ off duty activities/hours.
- He has a duty under the terms of his contract to pay rent.
- [be someone’s duty to do something] : It is your duty as a parent to protect your children.
- [owe/have a duty to someone] : The company has a duty to its shareholders.
- [sense of duty] : He has a strong sense of family duty.
- [do your duty] : I was simply doing my duty as a good citizen.
- He was too unwell to carry out his administrative duties.
- Police officers are often injured in the course of their duties.
- The house buyer has to pay duty at 1% of the purchase price.
- [duty on] : The duty on petrol has been raised.
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