The onus is on the teacher to make sure the student is actually learning something.
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Onus
//ˈəʊnəs//
Synonyms for "onus" (140 found)
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Strong matches (42)
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Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
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11 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- задължение noun (legal obligation)
Czech
4 entries- břímě noun (legal obligation)
- břímě noun (responsibility, burden)
- důkazní břemeno noun (burden of proof)
- důkazní povinnost noun (burden of proof)
Dutch
4 entries- bewijslast noun (burden of proof)
- last noun (legal obligation)
- last noun (burden of proof)
- plicht noun (legal obligation)
French
2 entries- charge de la preuve noun (burden of proof)
- responsabilité noun (legal obligation)
German
3 entries- Beweislast noun (burden of proof)
- Onus noun (burden of proof)
- Pflicht noun (legal obligation)
Icelandic
1 entries- sönnunarbyrði noun (burden of proof)
Irish
1 entries- dualgas noun (legal obligation)
Italian
2 entries- onere noun (legal obligation)
- onere della prova noun (burden of proof)
Japanese
4 entries- 義務 noun (legal obligation)
- 責任 noun (legal obligation)
- 責任 noun (burden of proof)
- 責任 noun (blame)
Latin
1 entries- onus noun (responsibility, burden)
Marathi
2 entries- ओझे noun (responsibility, burden)
- भार noun (responsibility, burden)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اصر noun (legal obligation)
Polish
2 entries- ciężar dowodu noun (burden of proof)
- obowiązek prawny noun (legal obligation)
Russian
3 entries- бремя доказательства noun (burden of proof)
- обязательство noun (legal obligation)
- правовое обязательство noun (legal obligation)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- breme noun (blame)
- obaveza noun (legal obligation)
- teret dokaza noun (burden of proof)
Spanish
4 entries- carga de la prueba noun (burden of proof)
- culpa noun (blame)
- estigma noun (stigma)
- obligación noun (legal obligation)
Turkish
2 entries- sorumluluk noun (legal obligation)
- yük noun (legal obligation)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The onus is on all of them.
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That put the onus back on us.
Source: tatoeba (9477790)
The onus is on the prosecution team to prove that Yanni killed his wife.
Source: tatoeba (9794218)
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