Synonym: charge, load, task. Antonym: lighten, reduce. Similar words: murder, tour de force, garden, warden, ardent, gardening, herb garden, interdependent. Meaning: [bɜːdn] 
n. 1. an onerous or difficult concern 2. weight to be borne or conveyed 3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work 4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. v. 1. weight down with a load 2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
n. 1. an onerous or difficult concern 2. weight to be borne or conveyed 3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work 4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. v. 1. weight down with a load 2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. 
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91. The inexperienced advice worker thus need no longer feel a burden on colleagues, as the need for support has formally been recognised.
92. People can not afford to bear a heavier burden, and we shall not put a heavier burden on them.
93. It is fair; it spreads the burden evenly, providing proper discounts and proper control of local authorities.
94. In fact, they tell a story among themselves that aptly describes their burden.
95. Prince Charles admired her sense of style and colour and left the burden of decoration to her.
96. I stayed on the club's committee, even though the burden of the general cost of living made me change address.
97. Is the potential for misidentification any less when the defence bear the burden of proof?
98. When you had those you could drop, junk and forget the rest, which were only a burden or excess baggage.
99. It has always seemed that a fear of judgement is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. Criss Jami 
100. Feargal's censure, Phena's bitterness - a hell of a burden to carry all your adult life.
101. How are management costs and the administrative burden of any of these models minimised?
102. They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more.
103. To what extent are the various taxes shifted and who bears the ultimate burden?
104. Most people, even with the added burden of credit commitments, manage to remain solvent.
105. The administrative burden is increased but the processes are the same as those already in place for fundholding.
106. The administrative burden would be lifted from local government; it would then be able to concentrate on the job in hand.
107. Storni addresses this woman, upon whom the burden of stoicism sits heavy.
108. The burden of the essay will be merely to indicate how voluntarism can succeed in academic circles.
109. The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax.
110. Share prices had therefore to bear the burden of adjustment.
111. Is the tote bag an exterior uterus, the outward sign of the unmentionable burden?
112. They stood aside to let the ambulance men pass with their burden.
113. These human beasts of burden also wore heavy leg-irons chained to thick steel bands clamped around their waists.
114. Unless parents fully accept the child, the burden of pain and failure will be passed on.
115. It has aroused concern because of the resulting increase in the burden of taxation and reduction in individual choice.
116. The broader property base which we would introduce would mean a fairer distribution of the burden.
117. In fact they may bear an added burden of guilt.
118. Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place. Sarah Dessen
118. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
119. Payment by automatic direct debit will further relive your administrative burden.
120. Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. George Bernard Shaw