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shirk responsibility

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  • responsibility — n. accountability obligation 1) to accept, assume, shoulder, take, take on (a) responsibility 2) to bear, exercise; share (the) responsibility 3) to dodge, evade, shirk responsibility 4) an awesome; clear; grave, great, heavy, terrible (colloq.)… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • shirk — [ ʃɜrk ] verb intransitive or transitive to avoid doing something difficult or avoid accepting responsibility for something: A good manager should never shirk difficult decisions. ╾ shirk|er noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shirk — ► VERB ▪ avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility). DERIVATIVES shirker noun. ORIGIN from obsolete shirk «sponger», perhaps from German Schurke scoundrel …   English terms dictionary

  • shirk — [v] avoid, get out of responsibility bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick*, lie down on job*, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip,… …   New thesaurus

  • shirk — [[t]ʃɜ͟ː(r)k[/t]] shirks, shirking, shirked VERB: usu with neg If someone does not shirk their responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do. [V n] We in the Congress have our role to play, and we can t shirk our… …   English dictionary

  • shirk — /sherrk/, v.t. 1. to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.). v.i. 2. to evade work, duty, etc. n. 3. a shirker. [1625 35; obscurely akin to SHARK2] Syn. 1. shun, avoid, dodge. * * * In Islam, idolatry and polytheism, both of which are regarded… …   Universalium

  • responsibility — noun 1 being responsible ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full, total ▪ awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy …   Collocations dictionary

  • responsibility */*/*/ — UK [rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlətɪ] / US [rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətɪ] noun Word forms responsibility : singular responsibility plural responsibilities Get it right: responsibility: Notice the spelling of responsibility, which is spelled with an i , not an a : Wrong:… …   English dictionary

  • shirk — UK [ʃɜː(r)k] / US [ʃɜrk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms shirk : present tense I/you/we/they shirk he/she/it shirks present participle shirking past tense shirked past participle shirked to avoid doing something difficult, or to avoid… …   English dictionary

  • shirk — 1. verb To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. If you have a job, dont shirk from it and not show up at work. Syn: blow off, goldbrick 2 …   Wiktionary

  • shirk — verb Shirk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑duty, ↑responsibility …   Collocations dictionary

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