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{ "term": "duty", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility", "sensetop": "duty to do somethingunder a duty to do somethingduty to somebody/somethingduty as somebodyduty of somethingduty of doing something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It is my duty to report it to the police.", "contextForm": "duty to do something" }, { "text": "Local councillors **have a duty to** serve the community." }, { "text": "You are under a legal duty to keep accurate records.", "contextForm": "under a duty to do something" }, { "text": "to **do your duty** for your country" }, { "text": "He has failed in his duty to his client.", "contextForm": "duty to somebody/something" }, { "text": "your duties as a parent", "contextForm": "duty as somebody" }, { "text": "Medical staff have a legal duty of candour to report potentially dangerous mistakes caught in time.", "contextForm": "duty of something" }, { "text": "Local councils were charged with the duty of allocating land for building.", "contextForm": "duty of doing something" }, { "text": "a **statutory/fiduciary duty**" }, { "text": "a civic/patriotic/moral duty" }, { "text": "I don't want you to visit me simply out of **a sense of duty**." }, { "text": "I’ll have to go, I’m afraid—**duty calls** *(= there is a duty I need to go and do)*." }, { "text": "a **breach/dereliction of duty**" }, { "text": "I'd be shirking my duty if I didn't warn him." }, { "text": "It's the duty of each and every one of us to do their best for the team." }, { "text": "It was ruled that the injured man was in breach of his duty by not wearing the safety equipment provided." }, { "text": "I feel it's my bounden duty to try and help her." }, { "text": "It was a duty imposed by her father." }, { "text": "It was a clear breach of professional duty." }, { "text": "The time he put in helping new recruits went beyond the call of duty." }, { "text": "I feel it is my civic duty to vote." }, { "text": "She felt she had fulfilled her duty by providing him with a son." }, { "text": "They had violated their legal duty of confidentiality." }, { "text": "He had failed in his duty to his daughter." }, { "text": "She took on the duty of maintaining the family home." }, { "text": "They have a duty to their parents to work hard." }, { "text": "She put down the phone and went out, her duty done." }, { "text": "He felt it was his moral duty to help his neighbour." }, { "text": "You feel that you have to do your duty by your children." }, { "text": "the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders" }, { "text": "the general duty of the police to preserve the peace" } ], "topics": ["Personal qualities"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["contractual", "legal", "statutory"], "verb + duty": ["have", "owe", "carry out"], "duty + verb": ["call"], "preposition": ["under a/the duty", "duty of", "duty to"], "phrases": [ "a breach of duty", "do your duty by somebody", "be duty bound to do something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the work that is your job", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**Report for duty** at 8 a.m." }, { "text": "He was the **duty manager** that day." }, { "text": "Colleagues became suspicious when he failed to report for duty." }, { "text": "He was on kitchen duty." }, { "text": "Police usually do beat duty in pairs." }, { "text": "He's been suspended from active duty." }, { "text": "Sergeant Wilson had pulled parking-lot duty." }, { "text": "The company is liable if you are injured during the execution of your duty." }, { "text": "The regular presenter does double duty as a staff writer." }, { "text": "The soldier was sent to his new duty station." }, { "text": "He has volunteered for temporary duty assignments in counterterrorist activities." }, { "text": "Her son was released from duty in the army to visit her in hospital." }, { "text": "the supermarket's senior duty manager" }, { "text": "veterans who saw combat duty in Vietnam" } ], "topics": ["Jobs"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["light", "onerous", "day"], "verb + duty": ["have", "pull", "see"], "duty + verb": ["fall to somebody"], "duty + noun": ["manager", "officer", "doctor"], "preposition": ["off duty", "on duty"], "phrases": [ "the execution of your duties", "the performance of your duties" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "tasks that are part of your job", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I spend a lot of time on administrative duties." }, { "text": "The princess has taken on her mother's **official duties**." }, { "text": "to **perform/fulfil/discharge your duties**" }, { "text": "Your duties will include greeting visitors and answering the phone." }, { "text": "He leaves hospital tomorrow and is expected to resume his duties at the beginning of next month." }, { "text": "You will be allowed to return to your duties after the inquiry." }, { "text": "The cleaning duties now fell to Rachel." }, { "text": "He was accused of neglecting his professional duties." }, { "text": "My household duties were not particularly onerous." }, { "text": "I share the cooking duties with Bell." }, { "text": "He was unable to perform his assigned duties because of ill health." }, { "text": "The troops are here to perform peacekeeping duties." }, { "text": "When I returned to work after my illness I was put on light duties." }, { "text": "The company prefers to handle translation duties in-house." }, { "text": "The members of staff each have their own duties." }, { "text": "When he failed to turn up for training, he was relieved of his duties as captain." }, { "text": "Mr Davies had been relieved of his duties." }, { "text": "The suspect was charged with obstructing an officer in the course of his duties." } ], "topics": ["Jobs"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["light", "onerous", "day"], "verb + duty": ["have", "pull", "see"], "duty + verb": ["fall to somebody"], "duty + noun": ["manager", "officer", "doctor"], "preposition": ["off duty", "on duty"], "phrases": [ "the execution of your duties", "the performance of your duties" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country", "sensetop": "duty on something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "**customs/excise/import duties**" }, { "text": "duty on wine and beer", "contextForm": "duty on something" }, { "text": "The US **imposed a duty** on imports." }, { "text": "They are going to put duty on foreign cars." }, { "text": "Beer for personal use is exempt from duty." }, { "text": "By changing its supplier, the company saved thousands of pounds in import duty." }, { "text": "Cider carries duty at the lower rate." }, { "text": "There will also be stamp duty payable at the applicable rate." }, { "text": "They claim that the wine is for personal use and so evade the duty." }, { "text": "Tobacco duty is a major source of revenue for the government." }, { "text": "We tried to estimate the amount of duty we would have to pay." }, { "text": "You have to pay duty on all electrical goods." }, { "text": "excise duty on spirits" }, { "text": "the heavy duty on cigarettes" }, { "text": "The company has to pay customs duties on all imports." } ], "topics": ["Money"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["heavy", "high", "low"], "… of duty": ["amount"], "verb + duty": ["impose", "slap on somebody/something", "increase"], "duty + verb": ["be payable"], "preposition": ["in duty", "duty on"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to a higher standard or level than is required for a job or task", "examples": [ { "text": "She went above and beyond the call of duty in her efforts to save his life." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "something that you feel you must do; a responsibility which cannot be ignored", "labels": "(old-fashioned, formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He felt it was his bounden duty to tell the police what he knew." }, { "text": "We have a bounden duty to respond to this call for help." } ], "topics": ["Permission and obligation"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to perform two roles or functions at the same time", "examples": [ { "text": "This device can pull double duty as a decent laptop and an adequate tablet." }, { "text": "She deserves credit for serving double duty as a host and performer." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "while doing a job", "examples": [ { "text": "A police officer was injured in the line of duty yesterday." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "working/not working at a particular time", "examples": [ { "text": "Who's on duty today?" }, { "text": "What time do you go off duty?" }, { "text": "You're not allowed to make personal phone calls on duty." } ], "topics": ["Working life"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈdjuːti/", "audio": "du/duty/duty__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈduːti/", "audio": "du/duty/duty__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French duete, from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’ ." }