what does charge mean?
CHARGE as NOUN
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- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
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- a confidential mission to London
- his charge was deliver a message
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
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- he is in the care of a bodyguard
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a impetuous rush toward someone or something
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- the wrestler’’s charge carried him past his adversary
- the battle began with a cavalry charge
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
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- this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
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- he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
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- the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
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- the judge’’s charge to the jury
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- request for payment of a debt
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- they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the swift release of a store of affective force
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- they got a great bang out of it
- what a boot!
- he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
- he does it for kicks
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
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- Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a person committed to your care
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- the teacher led her charges across the street
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
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- the battery needed a fresh charge
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the price charged for some article or service
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Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
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- the charges against the estate
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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CHARGE as VERB
- Meaning
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- The room was charged with tension and anxiety
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
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- I need to charge my car battery
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
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Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- set or ask for a certain price
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- How much do you charge for lunch?
- This fellow charges $100 for a massage
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- attribute responsibility to
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- We blamed the accident on her
- The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- instruct or command with authority
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- The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
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- He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
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- he charged me director with indifference
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- The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- file a formal charge against
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- The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
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- he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- direct into a position for use
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- point a gun
- He charged his weapon at me
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- charge the wagon with hay
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- He loaded his gun carefully
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- place a heraldic bearing on
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- charge all weapons, shields, and banners
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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- The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- move quickly and violently
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- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- pay with a credit card
- pay with plastic money
- postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
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- Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Will I get charged for this service?
- We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- enter a certain amount as a charge
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Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- give over to another for care or safekeeping
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Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- cause to be admitted
- of persons to an institution
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- After the second episode, she had to be committed
- he was committed to prison
Hypernyms(s) charge is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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- He was appointed deputy manager
- She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
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