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Narrator: Today's word is "Responsible" — adjective, pronounced /rɪˈspɒnsəbl/, with the stress on "spon".
Narrator: Responsible means having the job or duty of dealing with something, or being the cause of it.
Narrator: In plain English, it means in charge, or to blame.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin responsus, answered, meaning able to answer for something.
Narrator: A common collocation is "responsible for", which describes being in charge of a task.
Narrator: It differs from "reliable", because reliable means you can trust someone, while responsible means the duty is theirs.
Narrator: In a second sense, a responsible person is sensible and can be trusted.
Narrator: Management, law, parenting and ethics all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: responsible means it is yours to answer for.
Speaker A: Who's in charge of the snacks for the trip?
Speaker B: I'm RESPONSIBLE! It comes from Latin for answering for something.
Speaker A: And the drinks?
Speaker B: Those too.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She is responsible for the budget", work. "Who is responsible for this mess?", blame. "He is a very responsible teenager", praise.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with "-ible", not "-able", and say "responsible for", not "responsible of".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Accountable is its cousin, in charge its twin, and dependable an alternative — yet responsible keeps its grown-up charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "responsible" in AI prompts — useful for project roles and responsible technology.
Speaker A: How for projects?
Speaker B: Assign owners.
Prompt: Create a RACI chart showing who is responsible for each task in this website launch.
Speaker A: And AI ethics?
Speaker B: Set principles.
Prompt: Write five responsible AI principles for a small company using chatbots.
Speaker A: Could it help parenting apps?
Speaker B: Yes, for chores.
Prompt: Suggest age-appropriate chores that help a ten-year-old feel responsible.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Incident reports.
Prompt: Rewrite this incident report so it states who is responsible for each follow-up action without blaming anyone.
Responsible — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary