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What (who) is Burden - definition
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Burden (music); Burthen; Burden (disambiguation); Burdens; Burden (film)
burden
(burdens, burdening, burdened)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt...
Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul...
The financial burden will be more evenly shared.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of/on n
2.
A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. (FORMAL)
N-COUNT
3.
If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it.
We decided not to burden him with the news.
VERB: V n with n, also V n
4.
see also beast of burden
burden
I. n.; (also burthen)
1.
Load, weight.
2.
Cargo, freight, lading.
3.
Capacity, carrying capacity, tonnage.
4.
Encumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, sorrow, affliction, drag weight, dead weight.
5.
Chorus, refrain.
6.
Main topic, drift, tenor, point, substance, reiterated doctrine.
II. v. a.
Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon, grieve, try, afflict.
burden
¦ noun
1. a heavy load.
2. a cause of hardship, worry, or grief.
the main responsibility for a task.
3. a ship's carrying capacity.
4. the main theme of a speech, book, or argument.
5. archaic the refrain or chorus of a song.
¦ verb
1. load heavily.
2. cause worry, hardship, or grief to.
Phrases
burden of proof the obligation to prove an assertion.
Derivatives
burdensome adjective
Origin
OE byrthen, of W. Gmc origin; related to bear1.
Examples of use of Burden
1. If the role is ever a burden, part of the burden is never admitting as much.
2. "Yes, there should be burden sharing, but we‘re bearing a significant part of the burden already," Milband said.
3. I feel like there‘s a tremendous burden on me." "Let me lift that burden from your shoulders," Bush said.
4. Unrealistically high expectations are also a burden.
5. "It‘s a terrible burden," said Baylor‘s Medhurst.