primary responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandresponsibility
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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responsibility
noun
uk/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprimary responsibility
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The different federal states retainedprimaryresponsibilityfor providing the material.
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Corporate directors apparently succeeded in their efforts to maximise profits for their shareholders, fulfilling theirprimaryresponsibilityas managers of a capitalist enterprise.
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It hasprimaryresponsibilityfor maintenance of law and order.
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These variations support the belief that the individual should have theprimaryresponsibilityfor deciding what he0she wishes with respect to end-of-life care.
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In each country, however, they divideprimaryresponsibilityfor policy sectors.
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The cantons bearprimaryresponsibilityin health and social welfare.
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The adult withprimaryresponsibilityfor the child's health was interviewed.
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For women, however, the differences between the three life stages are less substantial, because they had assumedprimaryresponsibilityfor household decisions prior to retirement.
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Although hisprimaryresponsibilitywas to mix the dough, there was some rotation of job duties.
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Theprimaryresponsibilityof medical professionals is to provide high-quality health care to their patients.
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Elderly men retained theprimaryresponsibilityfor their own upkeep until they were absolutely decrepit.
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He watches others but hisprimaryresponsibilityis to watch himself with a degree of self-consciousness equal to that of the most sophisticated courtier.
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They preferred to let the specialist haveprimaryresponsibilityfor the investigation and diagnosis of the disorder and also for the initial prescribing of methylphenidate.
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There was general agreement that parents should have theprimaryresponsibilityin providing this information but that schools were also important.
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For students of electoral politics, aprimaryresponsibilityis to explain why elections turn out as they do.
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Characterising displacement as spontaneity had a specific political purpose - it relieved the state ofprimaryresponsibilityfor the crisis.
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The siting of the building underlines the idea that the stewardship of the land is aprimaryresponsibilityof the architect.
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They bore theprimaryresponsibilityfor meeting the basic needs of refugees and the resident population: food, sanitation and above all housing.
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Adolescent victims in the present research rarely acceptedprimaryresponsibilityfor their victimization but did express some "foreseeability" responsibility for it.
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Some residents haveprimaryresponsibilityas caregivers for aging or sickly parents.
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