duty in English: Something you must do because it is right, or because it is part of your job. (noun)

Translation

Something you must do because it is right, or because it is part of your job.

Word origin

From Anglo-French duete, from Latin debere, meaning to owe.

Gender

Pluralduties

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Here "duty" is something you must do because it is right.

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"On duty" means at work and ready to help.

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"Duties" is the plural: the y changes to ies.

job

The work a person does regularly to earn money, or a task that must be done.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

must

Used to say that something is needed or has to happen.

rule

Something that tells you what you may or may not do.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

mission

An important job that a person or a group is sent somewhere to do.

ought

Used with "to" to say what is the right thing to do.

responsibility

A job or duty that you must look after, and the blame if it goes wrong.

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