burden

CEFRB2

/ˈbɜːdn̩/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A heavy load or difficult responsibility.

  2. 02

    verb

    To give someone a difficult responsibility or worry.

Examples

  • Education should not be a burden on the parents as well as on the children.

  • Supporting his family was a great burden for him.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /beːdn̩/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

  2. A responsibility, onus.

  3. A heavy load.

More examples

In context

  • A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.

  • c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.

  • a ship of a hundred tons burden

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþī, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”).