English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "burden"

burden

Từ điển Collocation

burden noun

¹ responsibility/worry

ADJ. great, heavy, onerous | crippling, intolerable | administrative, economic, financial, tax

VERB + BURDEN bear, carry The manager carries the greatest burden of responsibility. | assume, shoulder, take on She had to shoulder the burden of childcare. | impose, place His illness placed an intolerable burden on his family. | increase | ease, lighten, reduce, relieve | lift, remove The administrative burden must be lifted from local government. | shift plans to shift the burden of taxation onto larger companies | share I need to share my burden with someone.

BURDEN + VERB fall on sb/sth The economic burden falls mainly on businesses.

PREP. ~ for a burden for the whole family | ~ of the burden of high taxation | ~ on/upon easing the financial burden on families | ~ to She felt she was a burden to her parents.

PHRASES the burden of proof (law) (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true) The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty. | have a burden on your shoulders He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders. | lift a burden from sb's shoulders

² heavy load

VERB + BURDEN carry The women carried their burdens on their backs. | pick up | lay down, put down

PHRASES a beast of burden (= an animal used to do heavy work such as pulling or carrying things)

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• an onerous or difficult concern; load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus

  the burden of responsibility

  that's a load off my mind

• weight to be borne or conveyed; load, loading
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work; effect, essence, core, gist
• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

v.

• weight down with a load; burthen, weight, weight down
• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; charge, saddle

  He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

burdens|burdened|burdening
syn.: charge load task
ant.: lighten reduce