duties
- 1Plural of duty.
The night nurse handed over her duties to the morning shift.
Importers paid heavy duties on the goods before they cleared customs.
Note
Only the countable meanings of duty take this plural: obligations (household duties, the duties of a trustee) and tariffs (customs duties, import duties). The working-state meaning has no plural, so a nurse is on duty, never on duties, even while she carries out her duties. That contrast is the quickest check: if the phrase is about being at work rather than what the work consists of, keep the singular.
duties is a form of duty
duty, noun: The work a person is expected to carry out in a given job or position, usually spoken of in the plural. Full entry
- Forms
- dutyduties plural
- Spelling
- duty → duties: change y to i, add -es
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