Operation
Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.
Usage example: a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of
Responsibility and operation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Responsibility" instead a noun "Operation".
Responsibility
Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.
Operation and responsibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Responsibility".
Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- activity and operation
- activity and responsibility
- care and operation
- care and responsibility
- enterprise and operation
- enterprise and responsibility
- undertaking and operation
- undertaking and responsibility
- business and operation
- business and responsibility
- work and operation
- work and responsibility
- duty and operation
- duty and responsibility
How words are described
| full | full operation | full responsibility |
| complete | complete operation | complete responsibility |
| small | small operation | small responsibility |
| actual | actual operation | actual responsibility |
| Other adjectives: entire, real, massive, big, serious, huge, dangerous, little, main, criminal, important, new, major, federal, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In Dexter, Lieutenant LaGuerta denies responsibility for an operation-gone-haywire and uses Debra as a Scapegoat.
Source: Exiled to the Couch -
The primary objective turns out to have been a bust, and the whole operation ends with an American military occupation stuck with the responsibility for the lives of natives.
Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line -
He apparently did it after his refusal to collaborate in "Operation Blacklist" (to exonerate Hirohito and the imperial family of criminal responsibility) made him come under suspicion of war crimes.
Source: Seppuku
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