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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does charge here mean "a special assignment"? President L. Rafael Reif's Charge to the Graduates

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President L. Rafael Reif's Charge to the Graduates
'I am certain you will use what you have learned here to make the world a better place.'

Below is the prepared text of the charge to the graduates by MIT President L. Rafael Reif for the Institute’s 147th Commencement, held June 7, 2013.

To the graduates of 2013: Congratulations! I know I am the last thing standing between you and your diplomas – so, even though I have a great deal I want to tell you, I will be brief...

More:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/president-reif-charge-to-the-graduates-0607.html
  

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NL888 : Does charge here mean "a special assignment"? Yes, sort of. Charge: [COUNTABLE] AMERICAN FORMAL an official instruction to do something charge to do something: The department has given us a charge to work within certain parameters.

— Mister Micawber

  • NL888 : Does charge here mean "a special assignment"?
  • Yes, sort of.
  • Charge: [COUNTABLE] AMERICAN FORMAL an official instruction to do something charge to do something: The department has given us a charge to work within certain parameters.
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NL888: Does charge here mean "a special assignment"?
Yes, sort of.

Charge:

[COUNTABLE] AMERICAN FORMAL an official instruction to do something
charge to do something: The department has given us a charge to work within certain parameters.
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Thank you.
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