Dictionary entry

Responsibility

Pronunciation: /rɪˌspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪti/

Pronunciation

/rɪˌspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪti/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) တာဝန်။ တာဝန်ယူခြင်း။ တာဝန်ရှိခြင်း။ ယုံကြည်စွာပေးအပ်ထားသော အရေးကြီးသည့်တာဝန်။ responsibilities

Definition

responsibility /rÇ ' spɒnsǝ'bÇlǝti/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (for sb/ sth) တာဝန္။ တာဝန္ယူျခင္း။ တာဝန္ရိွျခင္း။ Her new job means taking on more responsibility. ❍ take/ assume/ accept/ bear full responsibility for the consequences ❍ The IRA has claimed/ admitted responsibility for the attack. ❍ a Minister with special responsibility for women's affairs ❍ The manufacturers disclaim all responsibility for damage caused by misuse. ❍ She feels a strong sense of responsibility towards her employees. ၂။ [C] ~ (to sb) တာဝန္။ the various responsibilities of the post ❍ Our business is a joint/shared responsibility. ❍ It's my responsibility to lock the doors.

Examples

  1. She has a lot of responsibility as a nurse.
  2. [responsibility for] : Overall responsibility for the school lies with the head teacher.
  3. [have responsibility for (doing) something] : You will have responsibility for sales and marketing.
  4. [take responsibility for (doing) something] : Would someone take responsibility for bringing Paul home?
  5. [assume responsibility for (doing) something] : Serrano immediately assumed temporary responsibility for foreign affairs.
  6. [a position of responsibility] : People in positions of responsibility cannot behave like this.
  7. She is my responsibility
  8. now that her parents are gone.
  9. [a responsibility to do something] : It is your responsibility to provide us with concrete evidence.
  10. [responsibility to/towards] : What is the individual’s responsibility to others in modern society?
  11. [have a responsibility to/towards someone] : We have a responsibility to our shareholders and to our depositors.
  12. [have a responsibility to do something] : We have a responsibility to make sure this never happens again.
  13. [a sense of responsibility] : Parenthood brings a huge sense of responsibility.
  14. [claim/accept responsibility for something] : No one claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy.
  15. [take responsibility for (doing)something] : Allan has got to take responsibility for the failure of the deal.