About The Word Task
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Task
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What's The Definition Of Task?
[n] a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
[n] any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [v] use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [v] assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" Synonyms | Synonyms for Task: chore | job | labor | project | tax | undertaking Related Terms | Find terms related to Task: See Also | adventure | assign | assignment | baby | breeze | child's play | cinch | dangerous undertaking | delegate | depute | designate | disagreeable chore | disagreeable task | duck soup | duty | endeavor | endeavour | endurance contest | enterprise | escapade | extend | labor of love | labour of love | large order | marathon | no-brainer | picnic | piece of cake | pushover | risky venture | snap | stint | strain | tall order | venture | walkover | work Task In Webster's Dictionary \Task\, n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[^a]che, for tasche,
LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate.
See {Tax}, n. & v.]
1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite
quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil. --Milton.
Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees
it close. --Longfellow.
2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
--Atterbury.
{To take to task}. See under {Take}.
Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery;
study; lesson; stint.
\Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasking}.] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. --Dryden. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. 3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault. Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. & Fl. |
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