noun
1 responsibility/worry
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , great , heavy , huge , onerous , significant , substantial , terrible , tremendous
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The need to protect the nation places a heavy ~ on the shoulders of state leaders.
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The war was a huge ~ on the economy.
▪ crippling , crushing , intolerable
▪ undue , unfair
▪ added , additional , extra
▪ increased
▪ administrative , debt , economic , emotional , financial , regulatory , tax
VERB + BURDEN
▪ bear , carry
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The manager carries the greatest ~ of responsibility.
▪ assume , shoulder , take on
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She had to shoulder the ~ of childcare.
▪ impose , place , put
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His illness placed an intolerable ~ on his family.
▪ create
▪ be , become
▪ feel
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He was beginning to feel a ~ to his family.
▪ increase
▪ ease , lessen , lighten , reduce , relieve
▪ lift , remove , take
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The administrative ~ must be lifted from local government.
▪ shift
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plans to shift the ~ of taxation onto larger companies
▪ share
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I need to share my ~ with someone.
BURDEN + VERB
▪ fall on sb/sth
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The economic ~ falls mainly on businesses.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
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a ~ for the whole family
▪ ~ of
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the ~ of high taxation
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She carried a huge ~ of guilt for what she had done.
▪ ~ on , ~ upon
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Reducing taxes would ease the financial ~ on families.
▪ ~ to
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She felt she was a ~ to her parents.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of proof (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true) ( law )
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The ~ of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
▪ have a ~ on your shoulders
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He has the ~ of a large family on his shoulders.
▪ the ~ of doing sth
▪ lift the ~ from sb's shoulders ( esp. BrE ), take the ~ off sb's shoulders
2 heavy load
VERB + BURDEN
▪ carry
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The women carried their ~s on their backs.
▪ pick up
▪ lay down , put down
PHRASES
▪ a beast of ~