Task definition
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
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
An undertaking involving labor or difficulty.
noun
To assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of.
verb
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To assign a task to or impose a task on.
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
verb
To put a burden on; strain; overtax.
verb
(archaic) To subject to strain or hardship.
verb
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A piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person.
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
Any piece of work.
noun
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take
- To reprimand or censure.
idiom
take someone to task
- to reprimand or scold someone
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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
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