Definitions for BURDEN
ˈbɜr dnbur·den

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onusnoun

   an onerous or difficult concern

   "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

2. load, loading, burdennoun

   weight to be borne or conveyed

3. effect, essence, burden, core, gistnoun

   the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

4. burdenverb

   the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

5. burden, burthen, weight, weight downverb

   weight down with a load

6. charge, saddle, burdenverb

   impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

   "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. burdennoun

   A heavy load.

2. burdennoun

   A responsibility, onus.

3. burdennoun

   A cause of worry.

4. burdennoun

   A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad; the drone of a bagpipe.

5. burdennoun

   Theme, core idea.

6. burdenverb

   To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BURDENnoun

   Etymology: byrðen, Sax. and therefore properly written burthen. It is supposed to come from burdo, Lat. a male, as onus from ὄνος, an ass.

   1. A load; something to be carried.

   Camels have their provender
   Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows
   For sinking under them. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   It is of use in lading of ships, and may help to shew what burden in the several kinds they will bear. Francis Bacon, Phys. Rem.

   2. Something grievous or wearisome.

   Couldst thou support
   That burden, heavier than the earth to bear? Par. Lost, b. x.

   None of the things they are to learn, should ever be made a burden to them, or imposed on them as a task. John Locke.

   Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone,
   To all my friends a burden grown. Jonathan Swift.

   3. A birth: now obsolete.

   Thou hadst a wife once, called Æmilia,
   That bore thee at a burden two fair sons. William Shakespeare.

   4. The verse repeated in a song.

   At ev’ry close she made, th’ attending throng
   Reply’d, and bore the burden of the song. John Dryden, Fab.

   5. The quantity that a ship will carry; or the capacity of a ship.

2. To Burdenverb

   To load; to incumber.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Burden not thyself above thy power. Ecclus, xiii. 2.

   I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened. Cor. viii. 13.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burden

   A burden is a heavy load or responsibility that one is required or feel obligated to carry, often resulting in physical, emotional, or mental strain. It can refer to a variety of things such as duties, obligations, problems, difficulties, or challenges that can weigh on a person or a group.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burdennoun

   that which is borne or carried; a load

2. Burdennoun

   that which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive

3. Burdennoun

   the capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden

4. Burdennoun

   the tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin

5. Burdennoun

   the proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace

6. Burdennoun

   a fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds

7. Burdennoun

   a birth

8. Burdenverb

   to encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load

9. Burdenverb

   to oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes

10. Burdenverb

    to impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)

11. Burdennoun

    the verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer

12. Burdennoun

    the drone of a bagpipe

13. Burdennoun

    a club

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burden

   Burden is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 535.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burden

   bur′dn, n. a load: weight: cargo: that which is grievous, oppressive, or difficult to bear, as blame, sin, sorrow, &c.: birth.—v.t. to load: to oppress: to encumber.—adjs. Bur′denous, Bur′densome, heavy: oppressive.—Burden of proof, in legal procedure, signifies the obligation to establish by evidence certain disputed facts. [A.S. byrthen—beran, to bear.]

2. Burden

   bur′dn, n. part of a song repeated at the end of every stanza, refrain: the leading idea of anything: a load of care, sorrow, or responsibility. [Fr. bourdon, a humming tone in music—Low L. burdo, a drone or non-working bee.]

3. Burden

   bur′dn, n. (Spens.) a pilgrim's staff. [See Bourdon.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burden

   Is the quantity of contents or number of tons weight of goods or munitions which a ship will carry, when loaded to a proper sea-trim: and this is ascertained by certain fixed rules of measurement. The precise burden or burthen is about twice the tonnage, but then a vessel would be deemed deeply laden.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BURDEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burden is ranked #2770 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Burden surname appeared 13,028 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Burden.
   
   66.5% or 8,670 total occurrences were White.
   27.8% or 3,624 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 311 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 294 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 76 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 52 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BURDEN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3693

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BURDEN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4603

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BURDEN' in Nouns Frequency: #1388

Anagrams for BURDEN »

1. unbred

2. burned

3. bunder

How to pronounce BURDEN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BURDEN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BURDEN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BURDEN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of BURDEN in a Sentence

1. Freddie Bray:

   Effective and resource-sensitive preventative and curative interventions are pertinent for cancer diagnosis, tailored integration into health planning can serve to reduce the global burden of cancer and narrow the evident cancer inequities between transitioning and transitioned countries observed today.

2. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager:

   Tax rulings that artificially reduce a company's tax burden are not in line with EU state aid rules. They are illegal. I hope that, with today's decisions, this message will be heard by Member State governments and companies alike, all companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax.

3. Recinda Sherman:

   This is an assessment of the burden of subtypes and in the future we’ll be able to look at these trends and see what’s going up and what’s going down.

4. William McBride:

   You have to distribute the corporate tax burden to somebody, it falls on a mixture of [ stock ] owners and workers, and those are all over the income scale.

5. Karen Molzen:

   I believe the government has met its burden of showing he is a flight risk and a danger to the community.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BURDEN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Burden
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BURDEN
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BURDEN
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BURDEN
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BURDEN
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=BURDEN
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html