IN CHARGE meaning: Responsible for making decisions, leading

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word in charge:

General (11 matching dictionaries)

in charge: Merriam-Webster
in charge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
in charge: Collins English Dictionary
In-charge, in-charge: Wordnik
in charge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
in charge: Wiktionary
in charge: Dictionary.com
in charge: Rhymezone
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in charge: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
in charge: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

in charge: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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in charge: Idioms

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in charge: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (in charge)

▸ adjective:  Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing.
▸ adjective:  Having the power of command or control.
▸ adjective:  (dated) In the care, custody or command (of someone).

Opposite:

out of charge, out of control

Types:

leader, boss, manager, supervisor, overseer, executive, administrator, more...

Phrases:

take in charge, in charge of, special agent in charge, large and in charge, Officer in Charge, more...

Adjectives:

superintendent, constabulary, intendant, vassal, chiefe, president, vice, commissionary, state, resident

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