Collocations for "responsible"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "responsible" in context.
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responsible
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- is (not) responsible for the [accident, loss, discrepancy]
- are responsible for [providing, helping, insuring]
- are (ultimately) responsible for your [actions, behavior, decisions]
- [considered, deemed, judged, held] responsible for his [actions]
- responsible for the [success, failure] of
- a very responsible [person, child, employee, parent]
- [need to, should] be more responsible
- [am, be held] personally responsible (for)
- we [cannot, will not] be held responsible for
- who is the responsible [party, person]?
- responsible and [courteous, accountable, ethical]
- responsible [business practices, policies, environmental standards]
- the responsible use of [drugs, resources, funds]
- in a responsible [manner, way]
- [environmentally, socially, politically] responsible
'responsible' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ministry
- accountable
- administrator
- agency
- allocation
- alone
- arm
- artist
- assured
- attendee
- be
- businessman
- buyer
- casting
- chiefly
- compassionate
- conscientious
- delay
- demonstrate
- deputy
- directly
- distribution
- don
- economics
- enforcement
- entirely
- executive
- eye
- feeding
- forestry
- foster
- gang
- hunting
- idiot
- implementation
- increasingly
- land
- landlord
- largely
- lead
- learn
- lecture
- maintenance
- manager
- minister
- must
- officer
- overlook
- oversee
- partly