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duty
Overview of noun duty
The noun duty has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (236) duty -- (work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job")
2. (89) duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
3. (29) duty, tariff -- (a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun duty
3 senses of duty
Sense 1
duty
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
duty, tariff
=> indirect tax
=> tax, taxation, revenue enhancement
=> levy
=> charge
=> liabilities
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun duty
3 senses of duty
Sense 1
duty
=> job, task, chore
=> function, office, part, role
=> assignment, duty assignment
Sense 2
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> job
=> guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
=> moral obligation
=> noblesse oblige
=> burden of proof
=> civic duty, civic responsibility
=> filial duty
=> imperative
=> incumbency
=> legal duty
=> line of duty
=> white man's burden
=> prerequisite, requirement
=> requirement, demand
Sense 3
duty, tariff
=> customs, customs duty, custom, impost
=> tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty
=> octroi
=> revenue tariff
=> protective tariff
=> import duty
=> export duty
=> countervailing duty
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun duty
3 senses of duty
Sense 1
duty
=> work
Sense 2
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
Sense 3
duty, tariff
=> indirect tax
Antonyms of noun duty
Member Holonyms of noun duty
Substance Holonyms of noun duty
Part Holonyms of noun duty
Member Meronyms of noun duty
Substance Meronyms of noun duty
Part Meronyms of noun duty
Meronyms of noun duty
Holonyms of noun duty
Attributes of noun duty
Derived Forms of noun duty
2 of 3 senses of duty
Sense 1
duty
RELATED TO>(adj) duteous#1
=> dutiful, duteous
Sense 2
duty, responsibility, obligation
RELATED TO>(adj) duteous#1
=> dutiful, duteous
Domain of noun duty
Domain Terms of noun duty
Familiarity of noun duty
duty used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun duty
3 senses of duty
Sense 1
duty
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Sense 2
duty, responsibility, obligation
> social control
=> auto limitation
=> sanction
=> population control
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> enforcement
=> domination
=> socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
=> duty, responsibility, obligation
=> occupation, military control
=> management, direction
=> privation, deprivation
=> appeasement, calming
=> nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
=> denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation
=> detribalization, detribalisation
=> discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> patronage
=> mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
=> demobilization, demobilisation
=> standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> corrections
Sense 3
duty, tariff
> indirect tax
=> hidden tax
=> duty, tariff
=> excise, excise tax
Meronyms of noun duty
3 senses of duty
Holonyms of noun duty
Grep of noun duty
anti-dumping duty
breach of duty
civic duty
countervailing duty
customs duty
death duty
duty
duty assignment
duty period
duty tour
export duty
fatigue duty
fiduciary duty
filial duty
guard duty
import duty
jury duty
legal duty
line duty
line of duty
neglect of duty
point duty
sea-duty
sense of duty
sentry duty
shipboard duty
shore duty
stamp duty
tonnage duty
tour of duty
Grep of adj duty
duty-bound
duty-free
heavy-duty
light-duty
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