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task (task, täsk)

noun

  1. a piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person
  2. any piece of work
  3. an undertaking involving labor or difficulty

Etymology: ME taske < NormFr tasque (OFr tasche) < ML tasca, for taxa, a tax < L taxare, to rate, value, tax

transitive verb

  1. to assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of
  2. to put a burden on; strain; overtax
task Idioms

take to task

to reprimand or scold; reprove

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task Synonyms

task

n.

assignment, job, chore, stint, duty, responsibility, business; see also duty 2, job 2.

task refers to a piece of work assigned to or demanded of someone and usually implies that this is difficult or arduous work he has the task of answering letters; chore applies to any of the routine domestic activities for which one is responsible his chore is washing the dishes or to any task that is annoying or unpleasant it was a chore to visit his mother every weekstint refers to a task that is one's share of the work done by a group and usually connotes a minimum to be completed in the allotted time we've all done our daily stint; assignment applies to a specific, prescribed task allotted by someone in authority classroom assignments; job, in this connection, refers to a specific piece of work, as in one's trade or as voluntarily undertaken for pay the job of painting our house

take to task

reprove, criticize, judge; see censure, scold.


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task Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • perform: Would be willing to perform some simple computer tasks.

Adjective modifier

  • daunting: We wish him all the best, for what must seem like a daunting task.

Modifies a noun

  • force: A planning task force is to visit Kerala next year to move the project forward.

Noun used with modifier

  • homework: They can complement class work, and provide homework tasks and revision exercises.
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task quotes

The enormityofthetask†[was] just a bit lessformidable than that described in the first chapter of Genesis.

-Acheson, Dean Gooderham

You can't beat the market because it's smarter than you are. Intellectually, the only task is trying to determine what the market is telling you.

-Bartley, Robert Leroy

My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feelöit is, before all, to make you see.Thatöand no more, and it is everything.

-Korzeniowski

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