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charge

/ charge /

verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

instruct or command with authority

"The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

Type of:

instruct

Derived:

mission commission

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb Sense 2

saturate

"The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

Type of:

impregnate saturate

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 3

energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

"I need to charge my car battery"

Type of:

supply provide render

Kinds of:

recharge

Derived:

charger battery charger electric charge

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 4

cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

"charge a conductor"

Type of:

change alter modify

Derived:

electric charge

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 5

set or ask for a certain price

"How much do you charge for lunch?"

"This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

Type of:

determine set

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 6

place a heraldic bearing on

"charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

Type of:

paint

Derived:

bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Domain:

art artistic creation artistic production

verb Sense 7

instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

Type of:

instruct

Derived:

commission direction

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Domain:

law jurisprudence

verb Sense 8

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

Type of:

command require compel

Kinds of:

overburden bear down overwhelm deluge flood out

Derived:

burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb Sense 9

blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

"he charged me director with indifference"

Kinds of:

blame fault accuse impeach incriminate

Derived:

accusation accuser accusal complaint

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb Sense 10

make an accusatory claim

"The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

Type of:

claim

Kinds of:

tax complain

Derived:

accusation

Usage Patterns:

Something ----s somebody

verb Sense 11

file a formal charge against

"The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

Type of:

accuse impeach incriminate

Kinds of:

impeach

Derived:

file file cabinet filing cabinet data file filer

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Something ----s somebody

verb Sense 12

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

Type of:

rush

Derived:

charger

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 13

direct into a position for use

"point a gun"

"He charged his weapon at me"

Type of:

aim take train

Verb group:

point

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something with something

noun Sense 14

financial liabilities (such as a tax)

"the charges against the estate"

Type of:

liabilities

Kinds of:

levy encumbrance incumbrance assessment

Domain:

tax taxation revenue enhancement

noun Sense 15

the price charged for some article or service

"the admission charge"

Type of:

cost

Kinds of:

carrying charge depreciation charge undercharge overcharge fare

Derived:

bill

noun Sense 16

a impetuous rush toward someone or something

"the wrestler''s charge carried him past his adversary"

"the battle began with a cavalry charge"

Type of:

attack onslaught onset

Kinds of:

countercharge

Derived:

bear down

noun Sense 17

a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

"this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

Type of:

explosive

Kinds of:

shot undercharge rocket fuel rocket propellant rocket propellent

Derived:

explode burst load

noun Sense 18

heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

Type of:

heraldry

Kinds of:

annulet roundel chevron fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lys

noun Sense 19

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

"he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

Type of:

pleading

Kinds of:

accusation accusal

Has parts:

indictment bill of indictment

Derived:

complain accuse lodge file

Domain:

criminal law

verb Sense 20

enter a certain amount as a charge

"he charged me $15"

Type of:

debit

Derived:

billing

Verb group:

bill

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

verb Sense 21

demand payment

"Will I get charged for this service?"

"We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

Type of:

account calculate

Kinds of:

levy impose tithe assess undercharge

Derived:

bill account invoice billing

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody's (body part) ----s

noun Sense 22

request for payment of a debt

"they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

Type of:

request asking

Kinds of:

presentment

Derived:

bill

verb Sense 23

pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

"Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"

Opposites:

pay cash

Type of:

pay

Derived:

billing

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 24

lie down on command, of hunting dogs

Type of:

lie down lie

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

noun Sense 25

a person committed to your care

"the teacher led her charges across the street"

Type of:

dependant dependent

Derived:

appoint consign

noun Sense 26

the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

"the battery needed a fresh charge"

Type of:

electrical phenomenon

Kinds of:

electrostatic charge positive charge negative charge

verb Sense 27

fill or load to capacity

"charge the wagon with hay"

Opposites:

discharge

Type of:

change alter modify

Kinds of:

burden burthen weight weight down freight

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 28

provide with munition

"He loaded his gun carefully"

Type of:

fill fill up make full

Kinds of:

recharge reload

Derived:

burster bursting charge explosive charge warhead payload

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 29

give over to another for care or safekeeping

"consign your baggage"

Type of:

entrust intrust trust

Kinds of:

pledge pawn soak hock check

Derived:

consigner consignor consignee

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

noun Sense 30

a special assignment that is given to a person or group

"a confidential mission to London"

"his charge was deliver a message"

Type of:

assignment duty assignment

Kinds of:

fool's errand mission impossible suicide mission martyr operation sacrifice operation

Derived:

commission appoint saddle burden

noun Sense 31

attention and management implying responsibility for safety

"he is in the care of a bodyguard"

Type of:

protection

Kinds of:

due care ordinary care reasonable care foster care great care

Derived:

tutor appoint manage deal care

noun Sense 32

an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

"the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

Type of:

assertion averment asseveration

Kinds of:

countercharge

Derived:

accuse

noun Sense 33

a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

"the judge''s charge to the jury"

Type of:

command bid bidding

Kinds of:

misdirection

Derived:

appoint commission

verb Sense 34

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

"He was appointed deputy manager"

"She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

Kinds of:

delegate designate depute assign deputize

Derived:

commission direction mission care tutelage

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody's (body part) ----s

noun Sense 35

(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

Type of:

libidinal energy

Domain:

psychoanalysis analysis depth psychology

verb Sense 36

attribute responsibility to

"We blamed the accident on her"

"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

Type of:

impute ascribe assign

Derived:

incrimination inculpation blame

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 37

the swift release of a store of affective force

"they got a great bang out of it"

"what a boot!"

"he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"

"he does it for kicks"

Type of:

exhilaration excitement

Derived:

exhilarate inebriate thrill exalt beatify

verb Sense 38

move quickly and violently

"The car tore down the street"

"He came charging into my office"

Type of:

rush hotfoot hasten

Kinds of:

rip

Verb group:

dart dash scoot scud flash

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instruct impregnate saturate supply provide render recharge change alter modify determine set