Task Definition

tăsk
tasked, tasks
noun
tasks
A piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person.
Webster's New World
Any piece of work.
Webster's New World
An undertaking involving labor or difficulty.
Webster's New World
A function to be performed; an objective.
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
American Heritage

(computing) A process or execution of a program.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
tasked, tasks
To assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of.
Webster's New World
To put a burden on; strain; overtax.
Webster's New World

To assign a task to, or impose a task on.

On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
Wiktionary

To charge, as with a fault.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
idiom
take
  • To reprimand or censure.
American Heritage
take someone to task
  • to reprimand or scold someone
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Task

Noun

Singular:
task
Plural:
tasks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Task

  • take
  • take someone to task

Origin of Task

  • Middle English taske imposed work, tax from Old North French tasque from Vulgar Latin tasca alteration of taxa from Latin taxāre to feel, reproach, reckon tax

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Northern French tasque, variant of Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxāre (“censure, charge").

    From Wiktionary

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