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English noun: burden | |||
| 1. | burden (cognition) an onerous or difficult concern | ||
| Samples | The burden of responsibility. That's a load off my mind. | ||
| Synonyms | encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concern, headache, vexation, worry | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dead weight, fardel, imposition, pill | ||
| 2. | burden (artifact) weight to be borne or conveyed | ||
| Synonyms | load, loading | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weight | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burthen, dead load, live load, millstone, overburden, overload, overload, superload | ||
| 3. | burden (communication) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | ||
| Synonyms | core, effect, essence, gist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | import, meaning, significance, signification | ||
| 4. | burden (cognition) the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought | ||
English verb: burden | |||
| 1. | burden (contact) weight down with a load | ||
| Synonyms | burthen, weight, weight down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overburden, plumb, saddle | ||
| Antonyms | disburden, unburden | ||
| 2. | burden (communication) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | ||
| Samples | He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend. | ||
| Synonyms | charge, saddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | command, require | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjure, bear down, deluge, flood out, overburden, overwhelm | ||
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