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in charge

in charge prepositional phrase: having the responsibility of leading or overseeing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing.
    • He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.
  2. Having the power of command or control.
    • This internet browser puts you in charge of your personal settings.
    • You show me the people who control the money, the land, and the weapons, and I'll show you the people in charge.1997, George Carlin, “FIRST THINGS FIRST”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75
  3. (dated) In the care, custody or command (of someone).
    • The suspect was given in charge and taken to the police station.
    • I have myself seen the wife of a mohout give a baby in charge to an elephant, while she was on some business, and have been highly amused in observing the sagacity and care of the unwieldy nurse.1835, Robert Smith, The Friend, page 33
    Synonyms:
    at the helm

in charge meaning in Hindi and Persian

in charge in Hindi

in charge, responsible
प्रभारी prabhārī

in charge in Persian

having responsibility
مسئول mas'ul

Examples of in charge in a sentence

  • The average number of children in charge is about 90.1873, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania School Journal, page 34:
  • […] the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.1899, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Magazine, volume 165, page 199:

Synonyms of in charge

Words formed from in charge

Questions about in charge

What does in charge mean?
In charge means having the responsibility of leading or overseeing.
What is in charge in Hindi?
In charge in Hindi is प्रभारी (prabhārī). See In charge meaning in Hindi.
How do you use in charge in a sentence?
The average number of children in charge is about 90.
What part of speech is in charge?
In charge is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in charge in the dictionary

  1. in camera
  2. in capital letters
  3. in case
  4. in case of
  5. in character
  6. in charge
  7. in check
  8. in chief
  9. in chorus
  10. in church every time the doors are open
  11. in circles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in charge (page history and authors); प्रभारी (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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