direct responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandresponsibility
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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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 ofdirectandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdirect responsibility
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Our indifferent profession is avoiding anydirectresponsibilityfor educating its next generation.
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It was accordingly asking others to take moredirectresponsibilityfor its control.
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None wants to be the one to takedirectresponsibilityfor the death, though each desires that outcome.
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When a government intervenes in the grain market and takesdirectresponsibilityto feed its people, control over grain distribution is essential.
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Unlike the other team members, the project manager usually does not have adirectresponsibilityto make decisions on the product form.
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The planters naturally resented suchdirectresponsibilityand especially the acreage tax.
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For the first time, the government took overdirectresponsibilityfor the medical treatment of the immigrant labourers thus paying tribute to the enormously high death rate among plantation workers.
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Additionally, because "social" and "state" are used most often as interchangeable words, health is promulgated as a prime state value for which the government takesdirectresponsibility.
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The scope of the policy will determine who has the mostdirectresponsibilityfor implementing it and whether it works by influencing resource allocation, service planning, or individual clinical care.
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This meant central government assumingdirectresponsibility.
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Eden'sdirectresponsibilityfor the use of force is thus diminished, since negotiation - the first option - could not be used because of the conditions at that time.
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Local government should have far moredirectresponsibilityand financial responsibility.
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We have a verydirectresponsibilityfor it.
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The further they are away from thedirectresponsibilityof the local authority, the more that applies.
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It relates to moredirectresponsibilitythan we have got at the present time.
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I accept that fathers have adirectresponsibilityfor the maintenance, well-being and love of their children, and that that should be achieved whenever possible.
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Directresponsibilityfor school staffing rests with the local education authorities.
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The difference is that primary teachers have adirectresponsibilityfor their children and would like to know what will happen about testing.
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That is a most desirable change because it does give us somedirectresponsibilityhere.
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