Burden - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work (syn: core, effect, essence, gist)
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
verb
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to (syn: charge, saddle)
Extra examples
I don't wish to burden you with my problems.
...burdened the dog with a little backpack...
He became a burden to his family.
I don't want to burden you with my troubles.
The burden of taxation has risen considerably.
I don't like being a burden on other people.
Nothing can lift the burden from my shoulders.
The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy.
Why do you burden yourself with your sister's children?
She shouldered the full burden of raising three children.
He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
Silicon Valley firms chafe under burden of new rules.
He is ill able to sustain the burden.
Parents carry the burden of ensuring that children go to school.
This should ease the burden on busy teachers.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: burden
he/she/it: burdens
present participle: burdening
past tense: burdened
past participle: burdened
singular: burden
plural: burdens
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