duty meaning
EN
[ˈdjuːti] [duːti] [-uːti] 
US WDuty
- Duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment or obligation to someone or something.
- Cicero, an early philosopher who discusses duty in his work “On Duty", suggests that duties can come from four different sources:
- as result of being human
- as a result of one's particular place in life (one's family, one's country, one's job)
- as a result of one's character
- as a result of one's own moral expectations for oneself
- NounPLduties
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- We don't have a duty to keep you here.
- A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.
- I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.
- Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff, customs duty, excise duty.
- (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- An ambassador died in the line of duty when his car was ambushed.
- The greater part of the Chiaus's do the Duty of Serjeants
- Our current system is retraumatising children and therefore represents a breach in our duties under the Geneva conventions.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
- The young Marine was spoiling for a fight; he hoped to get some during his next tour of duty.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of duty in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "duty" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.