What is the meaning of charged?

verb

  • To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.
    • usage: "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
  • Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
    • usage: "he charged the director with indifference"
  • Demand payment.
    • usage: "Will I get charged for this service"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
  • Move quickly and violently.
    • usage: "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
  • Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.
    • usage: "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
  • File a formal charge against.
    • usage: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
  • Make an accusatory claim.
    • usage: "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
  • Fill or load to capacity.
    • usage: "charge the wagon with hay"
  • Enter a certain amount as a charge.
    • usage: "he charged me $15"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • Give over to another for care or safekeeping.
    • usage: "consign your baggage"
  • Pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt.
    • usage: "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase"
  • Lie down on command, of hunting dogs.
  • Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
    • usage: "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
  • Place a heraldic bearing on.
    • usage: "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
  • Provide (a device) with something necessary.
    • usage: "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
  • Direct into a position for use.
    • usage: "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
  • Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
    • usage: "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
  • Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
  • Instruct or command with authority.
    • usage: "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
  • Attribute responsibility to.
    • usage: "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
  • Set or ask for a certain price.
    • usage: "How much do you charge for lunch"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
  • Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.
    • usage: "charge a conductor"
  • Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
    • usage: "I need to charge my car battery"
  • Saturate.
    • usage: "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

adjective

  • Of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.
    • usage: "charged particles"; "a charged battery"
  • Fraught with great emotion.
    • usage: "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"
  • Supplied with carbon dioxide.
  • Capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy.
    • usage: "the highly charged issue of abortion"
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APAWordNet. (2010). charged. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/charged/definitions/1170523
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