- burden
- noun1 responsibility/worryADJECTIVE▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous▪
The need to protect the nation places a heavy burden on the shoulders of state leaders.
▪The war was a huge burden on the economy.
▪ crippling, crushing, intolerable▪ undue, unfair▪ added, additional, extra▪ increased▪ administrative, debt, economic, emotional, financial, regulatory, taxVERB + BURDEN▪ bear, carry▪The manager carries the greatest burden of responsibility.
▪ assume, shoulder, take on▪She had to shoulder the burden of childcare.
▪ impose, place, put▪His illness placed an intolerable burden on his family.
▪ create▪ be, become▪ feel▪He was beginning to feel a burden to his family.
▪ increase▪ ease, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve▪ lift, remove, take▪The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.
▪ shift▪plans to shift the burden of taxation onto larger companies
▪ share▪I need to share my burden with someone.
BURDEN + VERB▪ fall on sb/sth▪The economic burden falls mainly on businesses.
PREPOSITION▪ burden for▪a burden for the whole family
▪ burden of▪the burden of high taxation
▪She carried a huge burden of guilt for what she had done.
▪ burden on, burden upon▪Reducing taxes would ease the financial burden on families.
▪ burden to▪She felt she was a burden to her parents.
PHRASES▪ the burden of proof (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true) (law)▪The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
▪ have a burden on your shoulders▪He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders.
▪ the burden of doing sth▪ lift the burden from sb's shoulders (esp. BrE), take the burden off sb's shoulders2 heavy loadVERB + BURDEN▪ carry▪The women carried their burdens on their backs.
▪ pick up▪ lay down, put downPHRASES▪ a beast of burden
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
