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charge

/tS//A/r/dZ/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. an impetuous rush toward someone or something

    noun.act

    Examples
    The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
    The battle began with a cavalry charge.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

    noun.communication

    Examples
    He was arrested on a charge of larceny.
    Synonyms complaint

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. the price charged for some article or service

    noun.possession

    Examples
    The admission charge.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.phenomenon

    Examples
    The battery needed a fresh charge.
    Synonyms electric charge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. attention and management implying responsibility for safety

    noun.act

    Synonyms care guardianship tutelage

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. a special assignment that is given to a person or group

    noun.act

    Examples
    His charge was deliver a message.
    Synonyms commission mission

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. a person committed to your care

    noun.person

    Examples
    The teacher led her charges across the street.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. financial liabilities (such as a tax)

    noun.possession

    Examples
    The charges against the estate.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.motive

    Examples
    Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
    Synonyms cathexis

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. the swift release of a store of affective force

    noun.feeling

    Synonyms bang boot flush kick rush thrill

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. request for payment of a debt

    noun.communication

    Examples
    They submitted their charges at the end of each month.
    Synonyms billing

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    noun.communication

    Examples
    The judge's charge to the jury.
    Synonyms commission direction

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

    noun.communication

    Examples
    The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.
    Synonyms accusation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  14. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms armorial bearing bearing heraldic bearing

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  15. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

    noun.artifact

    Examples
    This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.
    Synonyms burster bursting charge explosive charge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  16. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

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

    verb.competition

    Synonyms bear down

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

    verb.communication

    Examples
    He charged the director with indifference.
    Synonyms accuse

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. demand payment

    verb.possession

    Examples
    Will I get charged for this service?
    Synonyms bill

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. move quickly and violently

    verb.motion

    Synonyms buck shoot shoot down tear

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

    verb.social

    Examples
    She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.
    Synonyms appoint

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. file a formal charge against

    verb.communication

    Examples
    The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.
    Synonyms file lodge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. make an accusatory claim

    verb.communication

    Examples
    The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. fill or load to capacity

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Charge the wagon with hay.
    Antonyms discharge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. enter a certain amount as a charge

    verb.possession

    Examples
    He charged me $15.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

    verb.possession

    Synonyms commit institutionalise institutionalize send

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. give over to another for care or safekeeping

    verb.possession

    Synonyms consign

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.possession

    Examples
    Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
    Antonyms pay cash

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. lie down on command, of hunting dogs

    verb.motion

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  14. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

    verb.emotion

    Examples
    The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks.
    Synonyms agitate charge up commove excite rouse turn on
    Antonyms calm calm down lull quiet quieten still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  15. place a heraldic bearing on

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  16. provide (a device) with something necessary

    verb.contact

    Synonyms load

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  17. direct into a position for use

    verb.competition

    Examples
    He charged his weapon at me.
    Synonyms level point

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  18. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    verb.communication

    Examples
    He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.
    Synonyms burden saddle

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  20. instruct or command with authority

    verb.communication

    Examples
    The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  21. attribute responsibility to

    verb.cognition

    Examples
    The tragedy was charged to her inexperience.
    Synonyms blame

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  22. set or ask for a certain price

    verb.cognition

    Examples
    How much do you charge for lunch?
    This fellow charges $100 for a massage.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  23. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

    verb.change

    Examples
    Charge a conductor.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.change

    Examples
    I need to charge my car battery.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  25. saturate

    verb.change

    Examples
    The room was charged with tension and anxiety.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  26. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  27. To make an onset or rush; as, to <i>charge</i> with fixed bayonets.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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