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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 three dollars 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 |
adverb + (v.)charge
electrically, emotionally, formally, fully, highly, negatively, politically, positively, racially, sexually, typically
(v.)charge
+ noun
atmosphere, cent, count, crime, customer, dollar, fee, homicide, offense, particle, premium, price, rate, violation
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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 |
adjective + (n.)charge
additional, criminal, driving, electric, electrical, explosive, extra, false, federal, formal, free, guilty, innocent, lesser, monthly, one-time, serious, unrelated
verb + (n.)charge
acquit, arrest, await, convict, defend, deny, dismiss, face, file, indict, investigate, lead, plead, press
(n.)charge
+ verb
drop, level, murder, stem
noun + (n.)charge
admission,
arrest,
assault,
battery,
bribery,
cavalry,
cocaine,
conspiracy,
contempt,
contest,
conviction,
corruption,
delivery,
destination,
ethics,
felony,
finance,
fraud,
harassment,
indictment,
jail,
jury,
kidnapping,
manslaughter,
marijuana,
misdemeanor,
molestation,
murder,
obstruction,
perjury,
plea,
pollution,
possession,
prosecutor,
racketeering,
rape,
robbery,
theft,
trial
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| phrase: |
in charge, take charge |
| derivations: |
chargeable (adj.), chargeably (adv.), chargeability (n.) |
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