responsible
part of speech
adjective (responsible, more responsible, most responsible)
meaning for a pupil
1) If you are responsible for something, it is your job or duty to look after it or do it. tree →
2) If you are responsible for something that happened, you caused it and can be blamed or praised. tree →
3) A responsible person is sensible and can be trusted to do the right thing. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used at school: class jobs ("You are responsible for feeding the fish"), being a responsible pupil, responsible internet use. In stories: who is responsible for the mess? In safety: an adult responsible for you. Phrase: "take responsibility".
examples
- + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- I am responsible for watering the class plants. tree →
- Who is responsible for this mess? tree →
- She is very responsible and always does her homework. tree →
- A responsible adult must come on the trip. tree →
- Be responsible online and never share your password. tree →
- The storm was responsible for the power cut. tree →
- Owning a pet means being responsible for it. tree →
- “No, no,” Mr. Darling always said, “I am responsible for it all. tree →
note
Followed by "for": responsible for something. Noun: responsibility (plural responsibilities). Opposite: irresponsible. Spelling: -ible, not -able.
In the corpora
- People designed AI, collected its text, built its computers and trained it, so people are responsible for it.
- You are responsible for the words you use, even if a bot suggested them.
- A company is responsible for what its chatbot tells customers.
- The passive can also hide who is responsible, as in "Mistakes were made."
- A dare does not make a rude act acceptable; the person who does it is still responsible.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «responsible» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.