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responsible Adjective 1. responsible for having control or authority over 2. being the agent or cause (of some action): only a small number of students were responsible for the disturbances 3. responsible to being accountable for one's actions and decisions to: management should be made more responsible to shareholders 4. rational and accountable for one's own actions 5. (of a position or duty) involving decision and accountability [Latin respondere to respond] responsibly adv
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responsible adjective 2. in charge, in control, at the helm, in authority, carrying the can (informal) adjective 3. accountable, subject, bound, liable, amenable, answerable, duty-bound, chargeable, under obligation << OPPOSITE unaccountable adjective 4. sensible, sound, adult, stable, mature, reliable, rational, sober, conscientious, dependable, trustworthy, level-headed << OPPOSITE unreliable Translations responsible [rɪsˈpɔnsɪbl] adj (= liable): responsible (for) → responsable (de); [character] → serio, formal; [job] → de responsabilidad; to be responsible to sb (for sth) → ser responsable ante algn (de algo) responsible [rɪsˈpɔnsɪbl] adj (= liable); responsible (for) → responsable (de); [person] → digne de confiance; [job] → qui comporte des responsabilités; to be responsible to sb (for sth) → être responsable devant qn (de qch) responsible [rɪsˈpɔnsɪbl] adj → verantwortlich; (reliable, important) → verantwortungsvoll; to be responsible for sth → für etw verantwortlich sein; to be responsible for doing sth → dafür verantwortlich sein, etw zu tun; to be responsible to sb → jdm gegenüber verantwortlich sein responsible [rɪsˈpɔnsɪbl] adj (= liable): responsible (for) → responsabile (di) (= trustworthy); fidato/a; [job] → di (grande) responsabilità; to be responsible to sb (for sth) → dover rispondere a qn (di qc) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The general who has attained a responsible post must be careful to study them. Not only is my client in no way responsible for the loss, but he distinctly foreshadowed the very thing that caused it. , being responsible for the planet's traffic, cannot, however, make allowance for this kind of misfortune. |
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