responsible
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
responsible/rɪˈspɒnsəbl/
▶adjective
- 1 having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone.
- 2 being the primary cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it.
■ (responsible to) reporting to; answerable to.
■ morally accountable for one's behaviour.
- 3 (of a job or position) involving important duties or decisions or control over others.
- 4 capable of being trusted.
– derivatives
responsibleness noun,
responsibly adverb.
responsibleness noun,
responsibly adverb.
'responsible' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & R
- aedile
- alpha blocker
- answer
- answerable
- archbishop
- archdiocese
- architect
- autonomic
- behind
- beta blocker
- Beth Din
- blame
- blood
- B-lymphocyte
- bombardier
- brakeman
- bring
- brucellosis
- cabinet
- caloric
- campylobacter
- capsaicin
- caveat emptor
- cellarer
- chaperone
- charge
- chlorella
- chlorophyll
- coccidia
- collector
- commissar
- cone
- conspiracy theory
- Cooper pair
- coroner
- Crown Office
- cui bono?
- culprit
- custodian
- demob-happy
- depute
- deputy
- ego
- executive
- existentialism
- focus puller
- functional group
- gluten
- gravitation
