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.

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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.

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idiom

take

American Heritage

take someone to task

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Task

Singular:

task

Plural:

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").

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