jury duty
A period of time during which a person is obliged to be a member of a panel of people…A period of time during which a person is obliged to be a member of a panel of people who may be called as members of one or more juries.
» I have jury duty.
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7 sentencesI have jury duty.
I've been called for jury duty.
I was able to get out of jury duty.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A period of time during which a person is obliged to be a member of a panel of people who may be called as members of one or more juries.
I can't come to work next week as I am on jury duty and I can't get out of it.
- the civic duty to serve on a jury
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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