responsible for

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Adjective responsible for has 1 sense

responsible, responsible for - being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage"
Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)

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Term: responsible for

Definition

Adjective: having an obligation to do something or having control and authority over something.

Verb: to be the cause of something, to be held accountable for something.

Sense 1 - Adjective

Meaning: Having an obligation to do something or having control and authority over something.

Example sentence:

As the team lead, she is responsible for assigning tasks to her team members.

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Sense 2 - Verb

Meaning: To be the cause of something, to be held accountable for something.

Example sentence:

The heavy rain was responsible for the flooding in the area.

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