responsible
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[edit] Etymology
From French responsable, from Latin responsus, from respondere
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- IPA: /ɹɪˈspɑnsəbəl/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Adjective
responsible (comparative more responsible, superlative most responsible)
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- Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
- Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
- Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- She has a responsible position in the firm.
- Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
- Who is responsible for this mess?
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- He looks like a responsible guy.
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[edit] Translations
answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
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able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
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involving a degree of personal accountability
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being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
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able to be trusted
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[edit] References
- responsible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- responsible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
