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noun as in responsibility, assignment

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• undertaking

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• minding the store
• taking care of business

noun as in tax on foreign goods

noun as in moral obligation

• accountability
• amenability
• answerability
• faithfulness
• accountableness
• call of duty

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Example sentences.

With more than 30 million people in the United States at least partially vaccinated against covid-19, you may wonder whether the shot has done its duty, arming your immune system to fight off infection.

On the first Tuesday in December, the texts to Teen Line stacked up faster than the six volunteers on duty could answer them.

Extra duty provisions were tagged whenever the contract acknowledged the existence of such an arrangement.

The former chief, Philip Zacche, pleaded guilty to taking money for extra duty work he didn’t do.

The story you tell is of deferring to others, out of an unspoken sense of duty — that this is how marriage or family work so you’re going to do your part.

In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.

Our duty is to make sure that they realize that the Prophet is not avenged.

A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.

And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.

Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him."

The dead bodies of the two men were guarded until next day, for justice to do its duty.

That alone is being sent to your Majesty as a report, in order to inform you of everything, as is my duty.

His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"

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Words related to duty are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word duty . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity

• circumstance
• office function
• responsibility
• transaction

noun as in loyalty

• consecration

noun as in assignment of fee, amount

noun as in responsibility, task

• appointment

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On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to duty, such as: burden, business, charge, chore, commission, and commitment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

1. assignment

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2. assignment

3. assignment, 4. assignment, 5. assignment, 6. assignment.

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).

• service abroad
• duty assignment
• shipboard duty
• reassignment
• fatigue duty
• assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
• realignment
• consignment
• confinement

How do you pronounce assignment?

Pronounce assignment as əˈsaɪnmənt.

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Sentences with assignment

1. Noun, singular or mass She needs to sign off on the assignment of title.

Quotes about assignment

1. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment , and I told them they didn’t understand life. - John Lennon 2. CALVIN:When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment . - Bill Watterson 3. Don't take this next undercover assignment . Stay with me instead."Nick's eyes pierced hers, refusing to let her off that easily. "Tell me why.""Because... I love you."She exhaled. No take-backs. The words were out there forever.And it felt great. - Julie James, A Lot like Love

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.

• official document
• legal instrument
• irresoluteness

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of distributing something to designated places or persons.

• distribution
• negative charge
• positive charge

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).

• written assignment
• school assignment
• writing assignment
• undertaking
• continuance
• continuation
• monetization

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.

• transferred possession
• transferred property
• acknowledged
• unacknowledged
• connotative

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.

• appointment
• co-optation
• determination
• recognition
• designation

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Definition of assignment

task , duty , job , chore , stint , assignment mean a piece of work to be done.

task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance.

duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.

job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance.

chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm.

stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service.

assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority.

Examples of assignment in a Sentence

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Word History

see assign entry 1

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing assignment

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“Assignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignment. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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Synonyms for duty assignment duty as·sign·ment, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word duty assignment ., princeton's wordnet rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes.

assignment, duty assignment noun

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

"hazardous duty"

Synonyms: appointment , assigning , assignment , designation , grant , naming

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