Task meaning
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
noun
To task is to drain someone's resources or to assign someone to do a particular job.
An example of task is when a child took all his parent's energy.
An example of task is when you assign Joe the job of taking out the garbage.
verb
Task is something that has to be done.
An example of a task is going to the supermarket or mailing a letter.
noun
A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
noun
A function to be performed; an objective.
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
noun
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An undertaking involving labor or difficulty.
noun
To assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of.
verb
To put a burden on; strain; overtax.
verb
To assign a task to or impose a task on.
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
verb
To subject to strain or hardship.
verb
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A piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person.
noun
Any piece of work.
noun
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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