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task
(tăsk)n.
1. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
2. A difficult or tedious undertaking: Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
3. A function to be performed; an objective: It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
tr.v. tasked, task·ing, tasks
Idiom: 1. To assign a task to or impose a task on: The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
2. Archaic To subject to strain or hardship: "The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).
take/call/bring to task
To reprimand or censure.
[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; see tax.]
Synonyms: task, job1, chore, assignment
These nouns denote a piece of work that one must do. A task is a well-defined responsibility that is usually imposed by another and that may be burdensome: I stayed at work late to finish the task at hand. Job often suggests a specific short-term undertaking: "did little jobs about the house with skill" (W.H. Auden).
Chore generally denotes a minor or routine job: The farmer's morning chores included milking the cows. Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority: His homework assignment involved writing an essay.
These nouns denote a piece of work that one must do. A task is a well-defined responsibility that is usually imposed by another and that may be burdensome: I stayed at work late to finish the task at hand. Job often suggests a specific short-term undertaking: "did little jobs about the house with skill" (W.H. Auden).
Chore generally denotes a minor or routine job: The farmer's morning chores included milking the cows. Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority: His homework assignment involved writing an essay.
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task
(tɑːsk)n
1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or chore
2. an unpleasant or difficult job or duty
3. any piece of work
4. take to task to criticize or reprove
vb (tr)
5. to assign a task to
6. to subject to severe strain; tax
[C13: from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from taxa tax, from Latin taxāre to tax]
ˈtasker n
ˈtaskless adj
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task
(tæsk, tɑsk)n.
1. a piece of work assigned to or expected of a person.
2. any piece of work.
3. a matter of considerable labor or difficulty.
4. Obs. a tax or impost.
v.t. 5. to subject to severe or excessive labor or exertion; strain.
6. to impose a task on.
7. Obs. to tax.
Idioms: take or bring to task, to reprimand; chide; censure.
[1250–1300; Middle English (n.) (< dial. Old French tasque) < Medieval Latin tasca, alter. of taxa tax]
syn: task, chore, assignment, job refer to a specific instance or act of work. task refers to a clearly defined piece of work, usu. of short or limited duration, assigned to or expected of a person: the task of collecting dues. A chore is a minor, usu. routine task, often more tedious than difficult: the chore of taking out the garbage. assignment usu. refers to a specific task assigned by someone in authority: a homework assignment. job is the most general of these terms, referring to almost any work or duty, including one's livelihood: the job of washing the windows; a well-paid job in advertising.
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task
Past participle: tasked
Gerund: tasking
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| Noun | 1. |  task - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, breeze, walkover, picnic, snap - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture - a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) baby - a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby" endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" labor of love, labour of love - productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation endurance contest, marathon - any long and arduous undertaking no-brainer - anything that requires little thought proposition - a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" large order, tall order - a formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it" venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
| 2. |  task - 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"duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job" ball-breaker, ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker" stint - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her" scut work - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work" | |
| Verb | 1. | task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" |
| 2. | task - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" |
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task
noun
1. job, duty, assignment, work, business, charge, labour, exercise, mission, employment, enterprise, undertaking, occupation, chore, toil He had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news.
take someone to task criticize, blame, blast, lecture, carpet (informal), flame (informal), censure, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) The country's intellectuals are being taken to task.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
task
nounverb
To force to work:
Idiom: crack the whip.
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Translations
عَمَل، مُهِمّهمُهِمَّة
úkol
opgavejob
tehtävä
zadatak
feladat
verkefni, verk
タスク任務
과제
specialios paskirties būrys/pajėgos
pienākumsuzdevums
naloga
uppgift
ภารกิจ
nhiệm vụ
task
[tɑːsk]A. N
1. (= job) → tarea f
I had to keep the children amused, which was no easy task → tenía que entretener a los niños, lo cual no era tarea fácil
to give or set sb the task of doing sth → pedir a algn que haga algo
to take sb to task (for sth) → reprender or regañar a algn (por algo), llamar a algn a capítulo (por algo) (frm)
I had to keep the children amused, which was no easy task → tenía que entretener a los niños, lo cual no era tarea fácil
to give or set sb the task of doing sth → pedir a algn que haga algo
to take sb to task (for sth) → reprender or regañar a algn (por algo), llamar a algn a capítulo (por algo) (frm)
2. (= function, stated aim) → cometido m
it was the task of the army to maintain order → mantener el orden era el cometido del ejército
it was the task of the army to maintain order → mantener el orden era el cometido del ejército
3. (Comput) → tarea f
C. CPD task force N (Mil) → destacamento m especial (Naut) → fuerza f expedicionaria; (= working group) → grupo m de trabajo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
task
[ˈtɑːsk ˈtæsk] n (= job) → tâche f
(MILITARY) → force f opérationnelle
(= committee) → groupe f de travail
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
task
n → Aufgabe f; to set or give somebody a task → jdm eine Aufgabe stellen or geben; it is the task of the politician to … → es ist Aufgabe des Politikers zu …; to take somebody to task → jdn ins Gebet nehmen, sich (dat) → jdn vornehmen (inf) → (for, about wegen)
vt = tax VT b
task
:task bar
n (Comput) → Taskleiste f
task force
n → Sondereinheit f, → Spezialeinheit f
taskmaster
task time
n (US Econ) → Zeitnorm f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
task
[tɑːsk] n → compitoto take sb to task (for sth) → richiamare qn all'ordine (per qc), rimproverare qn (per qc)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
task
(taːsk) noun a piece of especially hard work; a duty that must be done. household tasks.
task force a force selected from the armed services for a special task.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
task
→ مُهِمَّة úkol opgave Aufgabe έργο tarea tehtävä tâche zadatak compito 任務 과제 taak oppgave zadanie tarefa задание uppgift ภารกิจ görev nhiệm vụ 任务Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
task
n. tarea, labor, trabajo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
task
n tarea; life — tarea de la vida; to stay on — mantenerse enfocado en el trabajoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.