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responsible

/rɪˈspɒnsɪb(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈspɒnsɪb(ə)l/

rɪˈspɒnsɪbəl

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

rɪ - ˈspɒnsɪbəl -> responsible

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တာဝန်ရှိသော။

Full entry

responsible /rÇ'spɒnsǝbl/ adj

၁။ ~ (for sb/ sth); ~ (for doing sth)
တာဝန်ရှိ [သော]။
the Minister responsible for environmental issues ❍ The driver is responsible for the safety of his passengers. ❍ Parents should be responsible for teaching their children the difference between right and wrong.
၂။ ~ (for sth) တာဝန်ရှိ[သော]။ တရားခံဖြစ်[သော]။ Who's responsible for this mess? ❍ Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer. ❍ She is mentally ill and cannot be held responsible for her actions.
၃။ ~ to sb/ sth တာဝန်ခံရ [သော]။ be directly responsible to the President.
၄။ (က) စိတ်ချယုံကြည်ရသော။ စဉ်းစားချင့်ချိန်နိုင်သော။ တာဝန်သိ သော။ behave like responsible citizens/ adults ❍ show a responsible attitude. Compare IRRESPONSIBLE (ခ) တာဝန်ရှိသော။ a highly responsible position/ role.
❏ responsibly /-ǝbli/ adv တာဝန်သိသိ။ act/ behave responsibly.

More examples

Parents feel responsible when things go wrong.
[hold someone responsible (for something)] : The farmer was held responsible for the damage done by his animals.
[find someone responsible (for something)] : How long will they be in prison if they are found responsible?
[responsible for] : The chemical is directly responsible for those deaths.
He was responsible for the accident.
[responsible for] : The manager is responsible for the general running of the theatre.
She may be only 14, but she’s very responsible.
Schools have adopted a very responsible attitude towards the problem.

Synonyms

accountable, in charge, able, adult, answerable, at fault, at the helm, authoritative, blamable, bonded, bound, bound to, capable, carrying the load, censurable, chargeable, compelled, competent, conscientious, constrained, contracted, culpable, decision-making, dependable, devolving on, dutiful, duty-bound, effective, efficient, engaged, executive, exposed, faithful, fettered, firm, guilty, hampered, held, high, important, in authority, in control, incumbent, levelheaded, liable, loyal, mature, minding the store, obligated, obliged, on the hook, open, pledged, qualified, rational, reliable, self-reliant, sensible, sober, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, subject, susceptive, sworn to, tied, to blame, tried, trustworthy, trusty, under contract, under obligation, upright

Antonyms

excused, exempt, free, immature, immune, impotent, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, inept, innocent, irresponsible, powerless, right, unable, unaccountable, unrealistic, unreasonable, untrustworthy, useless, weak

Cross references

accountable in charge able adult answerable at fault at the helm authoritative blamable bonded bound bound to capable carrying the load censurable chargeable compelled competent conscientious constrained contracted culpable decision-making dependable devolving on dutiful duty-bound effective

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