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duty meaning

EN[ˈdjuːti]
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WDuty
  • Duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did,
  • Cicero, an early philosopher who discusses duty in his work “On Duty",
  • as result of being human
  • as a result of one's particular place in life (one's family, one's country, one's job)
duty

Meaning of duty for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "duty" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
    Difficultness: Level 1
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    Definiteness: Level 9
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    Definite    ➨     Versatile
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