name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
duty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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dyōōtē non-yod-coalescence
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/ˈdjuː.ti/ non-yod-coalescence
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jōōtē yod-coalescence
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/ˈd͡ʒuː.ti/ yod-coalescence
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dōōtē yod-dropping
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/ˈdu.ti/ yod-dropping
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/ˈdu.ɾi/ yod-dropping
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rhymes with -uːti
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homophone: doody (with yod-dropping and flapping)
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CMU ARPABET: D UW1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D Y UW1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.
- 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson England expects that every man will do his duty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- customs duty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excise duty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tax, levy
noun
Meaning 5
One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the duties of the job
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work
Narrower terms: job, task, chore, function, office, part, role, assignment, duty assignment
noun
Meaning 10
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force- John D.Rockefeller Jr
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we must instill a sense of duty in our children
- every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: responsibility, obligation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social control
Narrower terms: 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, demand
noun
Meaning 11
a government tax on imports or exports
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tariff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indirect tax
Narrower terms: customs, customs duty, custom, impost, tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty, octroi, revenue tariff, protective tariff, import duty, export duty, countervailing duty
History
Etymology
From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe + Middle English -te. Equivalent to due + -ty.
Across languages
Translations
259 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: rangë — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Albanian: detyrë — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Arabic: وَاجِب (wājib) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Arabic: وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Arabic: واجب (wāgib) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Armenian: պարտք (partkʻ) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Armenian: պարտականություն (partakanutʻyun) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Aromanian: dat — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Azerbaijani: borc — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Azerbaijani: vəzifə — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Bashkir: бурыс (burıs) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Belarusian: доўг (dowh) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Belarusian: абавя́зак (abavjázak) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Bulgarian: дълг (dǎlg) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Catalan: obligació — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Catalan: deure — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Chinese Mandarin: 責任 /责任 (zérèn) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Chinese Mandarin: 義務 /义务 (yìwù) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Chuukese: wis — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Crimean Tatar: vazife — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Czech: povinnost — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Danish: pligt — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Dutch: plicht — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Esperanto: devo — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Estonian: kohustus — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Finnish: velvollisuus — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- French: devoir — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- French: obligation — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- French: service — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Galician: obriga — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Galician: obrigación — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Georgian: მოვალეობა (movaleoba) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Georgian: ვალდებულება (valdebuleba) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- German: Pflicht — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Greek: καθήκον (kathíkon) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Greek: υποχρέωση (ypochréosi) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Hebrew: חוֹבָה (khova) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Hindi: कृत्य (kŕtya) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Hindi: कर्तव्य (kartavya) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Hindi: उत्तरदायित्व (uttardāyitva) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Hungarian: kötelesség — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Icelandic: kvöð — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Icelandic: skylda — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Irish: dualgas — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Italian: dovere — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Italian: obbligo — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Japanese: 義務 (gimu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Japanese: 勤め (tsutome) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Japanese: 役目 (yakume) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Japanese: 服務 (fukumu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Kazakh: борыш (boryş) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Kazakh: парыз (paryz) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Kazakh: міндет (mındet) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Korean: 의무 (uimu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Korean: 임무 (immu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Korean: 근무 (geunmu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Korean: 업무 (eommu) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Kyrgyz: милдет (mildet) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latin: dēbitum — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latin: iūs — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latin: mūnus — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latin: officium — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latin: pars — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Latvian: pienākums — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Lithuanian: pareiga — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Low German: Plicht — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Macedonian: должност (dolžnost) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Malayalam: കടമ (kaṭama) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Maltese: dmir — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Māori: tiuti — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Mongolian: суудал (suudal) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Norwegian Bokmål: plikt — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Occitan: obligacion — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Occitan: dever — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Old English: pleoh — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Iranian Persian: وَظیفِه (vazife) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Iranian Persian: تَکْلیف (taklif) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Plautdietsch: Flicht — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Polish: obowiązek — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Portuguese: dever — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Portuguese: obrigação — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Romanian: datorie — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Russian: долг (dolg) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Russian: обя́занность (objázannostʹ) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Sanskrit: कर्तव्य (kartavya) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Sanskrit: धर्म (dharma) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Sardinian: dovère — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Sardinian: òbrigu — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Scottish Gaelic: còir — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Serbo-Croatian: ду́жно̄ст — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Serbo-Croatian: задуже́ње — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Serbo-Croatian: dúžnōst — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Serbo-Croatian: zadužénje — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Slovak: povinnosť — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Slovene: dolžnost — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Somali: waajib — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Spanish: deber — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Spanish: obligación — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Spanish: cometido — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Spanish: menester — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Swahili: zamu — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Swedish: plikt — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Swedish: skyldighet — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Tajik: вазифа (vazifa) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Tamil: கடமை (kaṭamai) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Thai: กิจ (kìt) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Thai: งาน (ngaan) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Thai: หน้าที่ (nâa-tîi) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Turkish: görev — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Turkish: vazife — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Ottoman Turkish: اصر (ısr) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Ottoman Turkish: منت (minnet) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Ukrainian: борг (borh) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Ukrainian: обо́в'язок (obóvʺjazok) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Urdu: واجِب (vājib) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Uzbek: burch — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Uzbek: vazifa — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Vietnamese: trách nhiệm — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Vietnamese: chức trách — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Vietnamese: nghĩa vụ — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Vietnamese: chức vụ — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Zazaki: wezife (diq) — that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
- Armenian: հերթափոխ (hertʻapʻox) — period of time
- Belarusian: дзяжу́рства (dzjažúrstva) — period of time
- Belarusian: зме́на (zmjéna) — period of time
- Belarusian: слу́жба (slúžba) — period of time
- Bulgarian: дежу́рство (dežúrstvo) — period of time
- Bulgarian: слу́жба (slúžba) — period of time
- Bulgarian: смя́на (smjána) — period of time
- Catalan: servei — period of time
- Czech: služba — period of time
- Czech: směna — period of time
- Danish: tjeneste — period of time
- Dutch: van dienst — period of time
- Finnish: työvuoro — period of time
- French: travail — period of time
- Georgian: მორიგეობა (morigeoba) — period of time
- Georgian: ცვლა (cvla) — period of time
- Georgian: ვახტი (vaxṭi) — period of time
- German: Schicht — period of time
- German: Arbeitszeit — period of time
- Greek: βάρδια (várdia) — period of time
- Hungarian: szolgálat — period of time
- Italian: servizio — period of time
- Italian: attività — period of time
- Macedonian: должност (dolžnost) — period of time
- Macedonian: дежурство (dežurstvo) — period of time
- Macedonian: смена (smena) — period of time
- Macedonian: служба (služba) — period of time
- Malayalam: ജോലിസമയം (jōlisamayaṁ) — period of time
- Polish: dyżur — period of time
- Polish: zmiana — period of time
- Polish: służba — period of time
- Portuguese: plantão — period of time
- Romanian: sarcină — period of time
- Russian: дежу́рство (dežúrstvo) — period of time
- Russian: сме́на (sména) — period of time
- Russian: слу́жба (slúžba) — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: ду́жно̄ст — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: дежу́рство — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: слу̀жба (service) — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: dúžnōst — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: dežúrstvo — period of time
- Serbo-Croatian: slùžba — period of time
- Slovak: služba — period of time
- Slovak: zmena — period of time
- Swedish: tjänst — period of time
- Turkish: çalışma süresi — period of time
- Turkish: vardiya — period of time
- Ukrainian: вартува́ння (vartuvánnja) — period of time
- Ukrainian: змі́на (zmína) — period of time
- Ukrainian: слу́жба (slúžba) — period of time
- Albanian: taksë dogane — tax; tariff
- Arabic: رَسْم (rasm) — tax; tariff
- Armenian: մաքս (makʻs) — tax; tariff
- Armenian: մաքսատուրք (makʻsaturkʻ) — tax; tariff
- Old Armenian: հարկ (hark) — tax; tariff
- Old Armenian: տուրք (turkʻ) — tax; tariff
- Old Armenian: բաժ (baž) — tax; tariff
- Azerbaijani: rüsum — tax; tariff
- Azerbaijani: gömrük — tax; tariff
- Belarusian: мы́та (mýta) — tax; tariff
- Belarusian: по́шліна (póšlina) — tax; tariff
- Belarusian: збор (zbor) — tax; tariff
- Bulgarian: ми́то (míto) — tax; tariff
- Catalan: taxa — tax; tariff
- Chinese Mandarin: 稅 /税 (shuì) — tax; tariff
- Chinese Mandarin: 關稅 /关税 (guānshuì) — tax; tariff
- Crimean Tatar: bergi — tax; tariff
- Czech: clo — tax; tariff
- Danish: told — tax; tariff
- Dutch: taks — tax; tariff
- Esperanto: tarifo — tax; tariff
- Esperanto: dogano — tax; tariff
- Estonian: tollimaks — tax; tariff
- Faroese: tollur — tax; tariff
- Finnish: tullimaksu — tax; tariff
- French: taxe — tax; tariff
- German: Zoll — tax; tariff
- German: Einfuhrsteuer — tax; tariff
- Greek: δασμός (dasmós) — tax; tariff
- Hindi: कर (kar) — tax; tariff
- Hungarian: vám — tax; tariff
- Italian: tassa — tax; tariff
- Italian: dazio — tax; tariff
- Italian: gabella — tax; tariff
- Italian: tributo — tax; tariff
- Italian: imposta — tax; tariff
- Italian: balzello — tax; tariff
- Japanese: 関税 (kanzei) — tax; tariff
- Japanese: 税金 (zeikin) — tax; tariff
- Kazakh: баж (baj) — tax; tariff
- Kazakh: алым (alym) — tax; tariff
- Korean: 관세 (gwanse) — tax; tariff
- Korean: 세금 (segeum) — tax; tariff
- Kyrgyz: алым (alım) — tax; tariff
- Latin: indictiō — tax; tariff
- Latin: portōrium — tax; tariff
- Latin: vectīgal — tax; tariff
- Latin: illātiō — tax; tariff
- Lithuanian: muitas — tax; tariff
- Macedonian: царина (carina) — tax; tariff
- Malayalam: തീരുവ (tīruva) — tax; tariff
- Māori: tiuti — tax; tariff
- Māori: tāke taonga — tax; tariff
- Mongolian: хураамж (xuraamž) — tax; tariff
- Norwegian Bokmål: toll — tax; tariff
- Norwegian Nynorsk: toll — tax; tariff
- Iranian Persian: گُمْرُک (gomrok) — tax; tariff
- Iranian Persian: باج (bâj) — tax; tariff
- Polish: cło — tax; tariff
- Portuguese: imposto — tax; tariff
- Portuguese: taxa — tax; tariff
- Romanian: taxă — tax; tariff
- Romanian: impozit — tax; tariff
- Romanian: datorie — tax; tariff
- Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — tax; tariff
- Russian: нало́г (nalóg) — tax; tariff
- Russian: сбор (sbor) — tax; tariff
- Scottish Gaelic: cìs — tax; tariff
- Scottish Gaelic: càin — tax; tariff
- Spanish: arancel — tax; tariff
- Swedish: tull — tax; tariff
- Swedish: tullavgift — tax; tariff
- Tajik: гумрук (gumruk) — tax; tariff
- Tajik: боҷ (boj) — tax; tariff
- Tajik: хироҷ (xiroj) — tax; tariff
- Turkish: gümrük — tax; tariff
- Turkish: ithal vergisi — tax; tariff
- Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim) — tax; tariff
- Ottoman Turkish: باج (bac) — tax; tariff
- Tuvan: каайлы (kaaylı) — tax; tariff
- Ukrainian: ми́то (mýto) — tax; tariff
- Ukrainian: збір (zbir) — tax; tariff
- Uzbek: poshlina — tax; tariff
- Uzbek: boj — tax; tariff
- Vietnamese: thuế quan — tax; tariff
- Vietnamese: hải quan — tax; tariff