adj.
1 having the job/duty of doing sth
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
▪ remain
▪ make sb
▪
I am making you ~ for the cooking.
▪ leave sb
▪
I'm leaving you ~ for Juliet's protection.
ADVERB
▪ completely , entirely , fully , totally , wholly
▪ chiefly , largely , mainly , primarily
▪ directly
▪
Thompson is directly ~ for all aspects of the business unit.
▪ individually , personally
▪ solely
▪
if you're solely ~ for your family's welfare
▪ collectively , equally , jointly
▪
Members of the committee are collectively ~ for all decisions taken.
▪
Both parents are equally ~ for raising the children.
▪ formally , legally
▪ nominally
▪
the person nominally ~ for staff training
▪ ultimately
▪
The board is ultimately ~ for policy decisions.
▪ financially
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They're ~ for cleaning the engine.
2 being the cause of sth/to blame for sth
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪
No single pathogen seems wholly ~ for the disease.
▪ become
▪ believe sb (to be) , consider sb , deem sb , find sb , hold sb , regard sb as , see sb as , think sb
▪
A man arrested in Madrid is believed to be ~ for the bombings.
▪
They held him ~ for the failure of the policy.
ADVERB
▪ completely , entirely , fully , wholly
▪ chiefly , largely , mainly , primarily , principally
▪
It's been one of the factors chiefly ~ for improved public health.
▪ in part , partially , partly , somewhat
▪ equally
▪
We are all equally ~ for its success.
▪ directly
▪ indirectly
▪ personally
▪ single-handedly , solely
▪
He was almost single-handedly ~ for the flourishing drug trade in the town.
▪ ultimately
▪ somehow
▪
Did he think her somehow ~ for Mario's death?
▪ morally
▪ criminally
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
Who was ~ for the mistake?
3 having to report to sb/sth
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ directly
▪ ultimately
▪
a complex web of party bodies ultimately ~ to the Central Committee
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The prime minister is directly ~ to Parliament.
4 showing/needing good sense and reliability
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ become
▪ consider sb
▪
In California you have to be 21 to be considered ~ enough to drink.
▪ make sb
▪
their efforts to make the industry more ~ and responsive to concerns
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly
▪ ecologically , environmentally
▪
The organization needs to become more environmentally ~.
▪ ethically , morally , politically , socially
▪
Resources must be allocated in a morally ~ way.
▪ financially , fiscally ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
They are not very ~ with money.
Responsible is used with these nouns: ↑ adult , ↑ attitude , ↑ citizen , ↑ father , ↑ manner , ↑ officer , ↑ official , ↑ parenthood , ↑ position , ↑ steward , ↑ tourism