Definición de responsibility

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

responsibility

(rɪspɒnsɪbɪlɪti )

Formas de la palabra:plural responsibilities

1. sustantivo incontable

If you have responsibility for something or someone, or if they are your responsibility, it is your job or duty to deal with them and to take decisions relating to them.

Each manager had responsibility for just under 600 properties. [+ for]

We need to take responsibility for looking after our own health.

'She's not your responsibility,' he said gently.

2. sustantivo incontable

If you accept responsibility for something that has happened, you agree that you were to blame for it or you caused it.

No one admitted responsibility for the attacks. [+ for]

Someone had to give orders and take responsibility for mistakes.

3. sustantivo plural

Your responsibilities are the duties that you have because of your job or position.

He handled his responsibilities as a counselor in an intelligent and caring fashion.

...programmes to help employees balance work and family responsibilities.

Sinónimos:obligation, duty, liability, charge Más sinónimos de responsibility

4. sustantivo incontable

If someone is given responsibility, they are given the right or opportunity to make important decisions or to take action without having to get permission from anyone else.

She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility.

Carrington held a position of responsibility within the government.

Sinónimos:authority, power, control, management Más sinónimos de responsibility

5. sustantivo singular [usually NOUN to-infinitive]

If you think that you have a responsibility to do something, you feel that you ought to do it because it is morally right to do it.

The court feels it has a responsibility to ensure that customers are not misled.

As parents we have a responsibility to give our children a sense of belonging.

6. sustantivo singular

If you think that you have a responsibility to someone, you feel that it is your duty to take action that will protect their interests.

She had decided that as a doctor she had a responsibility to her fellow creatures. [+ to/towards]

Más sinónimos de responsibility

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

responsibility in American

(rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ; rispänˌsəbilˈətē)

sustantivoFormas de la palabra:plural reˌsponsiˈbilities

condition, quality, fact, or instance of being responsible; obligation, accountability, dependability, etc.

a thing or person that one is responsible for

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

responsibility in British

(rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ )

sustantivoFormas de la palabra:plural -ties

the state or position of being responsible

a person or thing for which one is responsible

the ability or authority to act or decide on one's own, without supervision

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