responsible Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Sounds like a drag to be responsible but really it is what we all want out of life. From Middle French responsable, from Old French responsable, responsible, formed from the root of Latin responsus, from respondeō, respondēre.

• The meaning of the word changes to almost the opposite depending on whether it is used before or after a noun.
• Parents love the responsible babysitter who doesn’t text with her friends and feed the kids bowls of ice cream.
• If you’re the responsible one, everyone is depending on you to take care of it.
• Before you can answer a question on the PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy section, you first need to know what the question is asking.
• Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context.
• The police officer responsible for investigating the incident, Police Officer A, asked a colleague, Police Officer B, to take a statement from Woman B.
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Before you can answer a question on the PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy section, you first need to know what the question is asking. Indiana had a 25 percent default rate; California, only 5 percent, even though Californians were, on the face of it, far less fiscally responsible. „Just to narrow it down to the subtypes of macrophages responsible for this complement protein production was very challenging.“ Now, scientists have found that a group of polluters is responsible for a large share of this drying. Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context.

• „Just to narrow it down to the subtypes of macrophages responsible for this complement protein production was very challenging.“
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• After all, when you’re responsible, you get the keys to the car, you make your own decisions, and you get all the credit.
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• Indiana had a 25 percent default rate; California, only 5 percent, even though Californians were, on the face of it, far less fiscally responsible.
• Of course, the boy who is responsible for bringing firecrackers to the football game will not be looked upon with the same level of respect.

Of course, the boy who is responsible for bringing firecrackers to the britsino football game will not be looked upon with the same level of respect. Parents love the responsible babysitter who doesn’t text with her friends and feed the kids bowls of ice cream. After all, when you’re responsible, you get the keys to the car, you make your own decisions, and you get all the credit.

English

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Other Word Forms

If you’re the responsible one, everyone is depending on you to take care of it. The meaning of the word changes to almost the opposite depending on whether it is used before or after a noun. The spelling of the English word is taken from the Old French variant responsible. Words included in the 2009 and 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests of fourth, eighth, and twelfth grade vocabulary.