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Duty Noun Görev  /ˈdjuːti  ˈduːti  Plural Countable Uncountable

Level B1 
Kind noun
Front duty 
IPA  /ˈdjuːti  ; US ˈduːti  / noun (plural duties)
Back görev
Back 2

duty (noun)

 /ˈdjuːti  ; US ˈduːti  / noun (plural duties)
 
 1 [countable, uncountable]
something that you have to do because people expect you to do it or because you think it is right
görev
 A soldier must do his duty.
 a sense of moral duty
 It's your duty to look after your parents when they get older.
 2 [countable, uncountable]
the tasks that you do when you are at work
, görev
 the duties of a policeman
 Which nurses are on night duty (gece nöbetinde) this week?
 3 [countable]
a tax that you pay, especially on goods that you bring into a country
gümrük vergisi
 import duty
IDIOM
on/off duty
(used about doctors, nurses, police officers, etc.) to be working/not working
nöbette/izinli
 The porter's on duty from 8 till 4.
 What time does she go off duty?
 

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