sense of duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandduty
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofsenseanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsense of duty
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The traditionalsenseofdutyand obligation of the younger generation towards their older generation is being eroded.
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Instead, the first six presidents often spoke about their own venerable character orsenseofdutythat served as a qualification for public office.
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Thesenseofdutycommon among individuals who score highly in conscientiousness should manifest itself in some forms of political behaviour.
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Whether due to hubris or asenseofduty, clinicians would like to use (or, at least, claim to use) this factor over the others.
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And the government might be giving in not from fear but from asenseofdutyto care for its citizens.
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Thissenseofdutyand responsibility therefore had to be reinvented in order to secure the cohesion of society.
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She compiled her hymnal and wrote other devotional treatises out of asenseofdutyto teach her faith to children and other ordinary people.
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Symptoms of depression were more common in carers motivated by asenseofdutyalone.
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Both were motivated by commitment and asenseofduty, and derived similar positive returns from sustaining the marital relationship.
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Asenseofdutymight influence some forms of participation, and thus effects for conscientiousness are predicted.
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Caring was shaped by thesenseofdutyand gave an important sense of purpose.
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Where the demands subsequently increase and become ' unreasonable ', they may find it difficult to withdraw because they feel they have built up asenseofdutyor commitment.
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Charles'ssenseofdutyand conscience were - to a degree greater than we have appreciated - formed and shaped by it.
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The most important thing was to assimilate as many foreigners as possible, and instill in them a love of country andsenseofduty, military or otherwise.
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It had a strong positive loading on 'senseofdutyto society', and weaker positive loadings on ' professional development' and ' meeting the needs of older people'.
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Asenseofdutyalso has an impact on whether citizens make use of their opportunities, but its effects are considerably more modest than are the effects of norms.
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I do not say that thesenseofdutywill be removed.
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He has an unboundedsenseofdutyand a great respect for tradition.
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