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Actively engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm supposed to go on duty at 0800 hours.
- He was seen drinking on duty.
- She will be on duty from noon to six.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: off duty
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
հերթապահ
(hertʻapah)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Bulgarian:
дежурен
(dežuren)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Czech:
ve službě
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Danish:
på arbejde
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Danish:
i tjeneste
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Danish:
have vagt
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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French:
de service
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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German:
in Dienst
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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German:
Dienst haben
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Hungarian:
ügyeletes
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Hungarian:
szolgálatban (van/lévő)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Hungarian:
... műszakban (van/lévő)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Hungarian:
munka közben
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Irish:
ar dualgas
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Pannonian Rusyn:
на служби
(na službi)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Polish:
na służbie
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Polish:
dyżurny
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Romanian:
la datorie
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Russian:
на дежурстве
(na dežurstve)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Russian:
при исполнении
(pri ispolnenii)
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Serbo-Croatian:
dežuran
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Spanish:
de guardia
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Spanish:
de turno
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Spanish:
de servicio
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
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Swedish:
i tjänst
— actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation
