| NOUN | act | duty assignment, assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
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| Meaning | A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces). | |
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| Synonym | assignment | |
| Narrower | fatigue duty, fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) |
| guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go | The duty of serving as a sentry | |
| mission, charge, commission | A special assignment that is given to a person or group | |
| reassignment | assignment to a different duty | |
| sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea | |
| shore duty | naval service at land bases | |
| Broader | duty | Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons |
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