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DUTY ASSIGNMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
Example:
hazardous duty
Synonyms:
assignment; duty assignment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("duty assignment" is a kind of...):
duty (work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duty assignment"):
guard; guard duty; sentry duty; sentry go (the duty of serving as a sentry)
fatigue; fatigue duty (labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on))
charge; commission; mission (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)
reassignment (assignment to a different duty)
sea-duty; service abroad; shipboard duty (naval service aboard a ship at sea)
shore duty (naval service at land bases)
