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to charge

to charge

146 3.3
Give someone a responsibility or task
  • verb
  • /tʃɑrdʒ/
  • Formal
translation icon : encargar (de)
  • Further, administrators may be charged with communicating academic priorities to parents and the community.
  • charged with responsibility
  • charged with the task
  • charged with overseeing

Examples

  • Educators have been charged with closing the performance gap between majority and minority students.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I charge you with the responsibility of planning this year's company event.

  • With that in mind, the Shared Records Pilot Task Group was charged in 2010.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I charge you to stand up and cheer for your section's knight.

  • Therefore, teachers are charged with finding ways to implement technology in the writing classroom.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Next, the students were charged with the task of recreating the basic game.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The group then selects a spokesperson as its proxy in the litigation, charging her with conveying the group's sentiments.

    Academic text (2017)
  • As the team leader, I charge my members to complete their tasks by the end of the week.

  • The principal charged the new teachers with ensuring that all students received the support they needed.

Synonyms

to appoint
vsto charge
  • Formal
580 3.2

Officially choose someone for a job or role

focuses on assigning duty with authority rather than formal selection
to assign
vsto charge
487 2.7

Give someone a specific task, duty, or position of responsibility

adds authority to instruct others when giving responsibility
to command
vsto charge
307 2.7

To give orders and control people or things

gives responsibility and may include instruction rather than pure control
to task
vsto charge
57 2.6

To give someone a piece of work they must do

covers longer term duties and authority rather than single pieces of work

Antonyms

1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

Idioms

You do not have to pay for it

1 7.8

Has control and confidence when leading others

Phrasal Verbs

Start to control a group or situation and lead others

4 3.5

To connect a battery or device to electricity so it has power

to charge up
  • Informal
4 4.8

To make people feel excited and ready to act

Plug a phone into a charger to make the battery work again

2 7.0

To enjoy something and feel excited by it

To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score

To accept responsibility for and control someone or something

Compounds

54 4.7

A formal claim in court that someone killed another person

7 3.9

An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink

explosive charge
  • Specialized
6 4.2

An amount of material placed to blow up at one time

4 3.2

A card that lets you buy things and must be paid in full each month

depth charge
  • Specialized
3 8.1

A bomb that explodes underwater at a set depth to destroy submarines

An account at a store that lets you buy now and pay later

2 5.4

A written list of charges and arrests at a police station

electrostatic charge
  • Specialized
2 6.2

A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move

An extra amount added to a bill to pay for the staff who served you

2 9.0

A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away

electric charge
  • Specialized
2 3.9

A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative

negative charge
  • Specialized
2 4.1

A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon

positive charge
  • Specialized
2 3.9

An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons

charge plate
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods

dynamite charge
  • Specialized
1 6.1

An amount of dynamite set to explode and break rock or buildings

A fee you pay to enter a place or event

A small fee for packing and sending an order

Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready

ionic charge
  • Specialized
1 5.7

The electric charge an atom has after it gains or loses electrons

1 3.5

An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs

8.9

An explosive inside a bomb or shell that breaks it open

carrying charge
  • Specialized
6.9

A fee charged for keeping an unpaid balance on an account

carrying charge
  • Specialized
6.8

The cost of keeping goods or assets in storage over time

A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime

9.2

A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors

The cost for each item or unit used

charge unit
  • Specialized
5.6

A standard amount used to measure electric charge, like the coulomb

9.9

A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons

5.1

The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same

depreciation charge
  • Specialized
6.7

An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value

8.7

A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship

A fee you pay for returning a rented car to a different place

A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport

A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'

fixed charge
  • Specialized
3.7

A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance

7.0

A tax on products harmful to the environment to make people use them less

7.5

A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time

How Responsible

to empower
157 4.2
to charge
  • Formal
146 3.3
to entrust
87 4.1
to assign
487 2.7

Surface Forms

charge infinitive
charged past
charged past participle
charging present participle
charges third person singular

Etymology

Charge comes from a root meaning 'to load', so to charge someone with a duty is to place a responsibility on them. That's why being charged with a task means you are the one who must do it.