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charge
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- pronunciation:
- charj
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- in charge, take charge
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
charges, charging, charged |
| definition 1: |
to give (someone) a responsibility or duty.
The office manager is charged with ordering all supplies.The elderly woman charged her son with the task of looking after her financial affairs.- synonyms:
- assign, entrust
- antonyms:
- absolve, discharge
- similar words:
- allocate, allot, authorize, burden, command, commission, delegate, depute, saddle with, task
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| definition 2: |
to instruct with authority.
The generals did not do what they had been charged to do by the commander-in-chief.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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- synonyms:
- bid, direct, enjoin, instruct
- similar words:
- adjure, authorize, command, demand, exhort, mandate, order, require, urge
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| definition 3: |
to accuse or blame, esp. for a crime (often fol. by "with").
The police charged him with theft.She was charged with a crime that she did not commit.- synonyms:
- accuse, blame, indict
- antonyms:
- absolve, exonerate
- similar words:
- arraign, book, implicate, incriminate, inculpate, tax
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| definition 4: |
to supply with power or energy.
The mechanic charged the battery.- antonyms:
- discharge
- similar words:
- electrify, energize, galvanize, power, recharge
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| definition 5: |
to fill, as with emotion.
She charged her speech with true enthusiasm.- synonyms:
- imbue
- similar words:
- fill, freight, infuse, load, pack, saturate
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| definition 6: |
to fill or suffuse.
The air was charged with disinfectant spray.- synonyms:
- fill, imbue, permeate, pervade, saturate, steep, suffuse
- similar words:
- freight
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| definition 7: |
to demand or ask as a price.
The cafe charges a dollar for a cup of coffee.Because I'm a friend, she only charged me half the price.- similar words:
- ask, assess, bill, demand, exact, impose, invoice, levy, price, require
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| definition 8: |
to require (someone) to pay money as a price for something.
The airlines charge passengers for alcoholic drinks but not for soft drinks.The waiter forgot to charge us for the bread.The hotel charged them a hundred dollars extra for the damage they caused to the room. |
| definition 9: |
to defer payment for (something) until a later date according to a legal credit agreement.
He charged the camping equipment instead of paying cash.- similar words:
- debit
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| definition 10: |
to rush against, as in an attack.
They charged the enemy army at dawn.- synonyms:
- assault, rush, storm
- similar words:
- assail, attack, beset, besiege, blitz, foray, invade, raid
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| related words: |
accost, activate, assault, assign, censure, denounce, detach, excite, fine, indict, instruct, prime, quote, report, send, set, tell |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to rush ahead, often in an attack.
The army charged into battle.The bull charged at the matador.The fans charged into the stadium.
- synonyms:
- rush
- similar words:
- sally, storm
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| definition 2: |
to require payment.
The hotel charges for any extra services. |
| definition 3: |
to make a debit to an account.
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| related words: |
descend, lunge, thrust |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a requested price; fee or expense.
The charge for our meal was more than we expected.- synonyms:
- asking price, cost, fee, price
- similar words:
- amount, bill, brokerage, carriage, check, commission, dues, expense, fare, invoice, outlay, payment, rate, rent, sum, tab, tariff, tax, toll
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| definition 2: |
a quantity of explosives ready to be set off.
- similar words:
- dynamite, explosive, gelignite, gunpowder, TNT
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| definition 3: |
care, protection, or supervision.
She put her son in our charge when she became too sick to take care of him.- synonyms:
- care, protection, safekeeping, supervision, tutelage
- similar words:
- custody, guardianship, guidance, jurisdiction, keeping, lap, oversight, superintendency, trust, wardship
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| definition 4: |
an order, command, or directive.
- synonyms:
- command, demand, direction, order
- similar words:
- authorization, bidding, dictate, directive, injunction, instruction, mandate, mission
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| definition 5: |
an accusation or indictment against someone.
a murder charge- synonyms:
- accusation, indictment
- similar words:
- allegation, citation, complaint, count, gravamen, summons, true bill
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| definition 6: |
electric potential.
a positive charge- similar words:
- potential
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| definition 7: |
a responsibility or duty, or that which constitutes a responsibility.
- synonyms:
- duty, job, responsibility, task
- similar words:
- assignment, burden, chore, commitment, lap, liability, mission, obligation, office
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| definition 8: |
a debit entered into a bookkeeping account.
- synonyms:
- debit
- similar words:
- expenditure
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| definition 9: |
a military assault; attack.
- synonyms:
- assault, attack, offensive
- similar words:
- aggression, blitz, foray, incursion, invasion, offense, onslaught, raid, sally, sortie, thrust
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| related words: |
account, anchorage, behest, blame, cap, care, censure, control, demand, denunciation, detail, dictum, duty, errand, freight, function, government, load, onset, onus, order, part, place, task, trust, value, ward, work |
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| phrase: |
in charge, take charge |
| derivations: |
chargeable (adj.), chargeably (adv.), chargeability (n.) |
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