Task
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English
Noun
Task (plural Tasks)- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- An objective.
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
Notes
- Adjectives often applied to "task": difficult, easy, simple, hard, tough, complex, challenging, complicated, tricky, arduous, laborious, onerous, small, big, huge, enormous, tremendous, gigantic, mammoth, colossal, gargantuan, social, intellectual, theological, important, basic, trivial, unpleasant, demanding, pleasant, noble, painful, grim, responsible, rewarding, boring, ungrateful, delightful, glorious, agreeable.
Synonyms
- (piece of work):
- (difficult undertaking): undertaking
- (objective): objective, goal
- (process): process
Derived terms
Verb
Task (third-person singular simple present Tasks, present participle Tasking, simple past and past participle Tasked)
- (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
Adjectives for Task
barren; acrid; incongruous; diabolical; humble; pensive; considerable; self-imposed; toilsome; glorious; zealous; perilous; imaginative; present-day; uninspired; unpleasing; weary; appalling; tremendous; difficult; strenuous; bleak; ungracious painful; willing; inevitable; hazardous dormant; amusing; staggering; cheerless mental; pedagogical; delightful; knotty; spiritual; irksome; arduous; dreaded; hopeless; delicate; simplified; futile; endless; unfulfilled; impossible; herculean; costly; thankless; onerous; graceful; alloted; anxious; abhorrent; rough; pleasing; laborious; unnatural; noble; primary; astounding; prosaic; formidable; musical; colossal; congenial; recurring; neglected; ungrateful; vulgar; heavy; exacting; suitable; disheartening; menial; priestlike; self-appointed; troublesome; tender; distasteful; useless; easy; discordant; venturesome; intellectual; sales; basic; discouraging; joyous; docile; fatiguing; appalling; dizzy; sublime.
Verbs for Task
absorb in—; accept—; achieve—; allot—; appoint—; approach—; assign—; assume —; attempt—; buckle down to—; charge with—; complicate—; confront—; consecrate to—; dedicate to—; gage in—; engross in—; enlist in—; entrust —; essay—; expend on—; facilitate—; fit for—; fulfill—; glorify—; impose—; intrust —; inure to—; lighten—; lump—s; perform —; plunge into—; prescribe—; present—; rally to—; render—; reward—; rob—; set to—; shirk—; shoulder—; shunt—; spur on to—; toil at—; undertake—; view—; whittle down—; —bores; —confronts; —consumes; —exhausts; —fatigues; —involves; —taxes; —wearies.
Thesaurus
accuse, affair, agency, agentship, allege, arraign, article, assignment, attempt, authority, authorization, blame, book, bother, brevet, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, business, busy, busywork, call to account, calling, care, cargo, censure, chalk talk, chare, charge, chide, chore, cite, commission, commissioning, commitment, complain, consignment, contract, criticize, cure, deadweight, deal, delegated authority, delegation, demand, denounce, denunciate, deputation, devoir, devolution, devolvement, dirty work, discourse, disquisition, donkeywork, drive, drudgery, duty, effort, embassy, employment, empowerment, encumber, engagement, enjoin, enterprise, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exact, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exposition, factorship, fag, fasten on, fasten upon, fatigue, finger, fish to fry, freight, freight with, full power, function, grind, handiwork, handwork, hang something on, harangue, headache, homework, homily, impeach, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, impute, indict, industry, inflict on, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, instruction, job, job of work, jurisdiction, keep busy, labor, lade, lay, lay charges, lay on, lecture, lecture-demonstration, legation, lesson, levy, license, lick, lick of work, lieutenancy, load, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, lumber, make-work, mandate, manual labor, matters in hand, millstone, mission, moil, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, nuisance, object lesson, obligation, occupation, odd job, office, onus, operation, oppress, overdrive, overtask, overtax, overwork, pain, piece of work, pin on, place, plan, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, preachment, prefer charges, press charges, procuration, program, project, proposition, province, proxy, purview, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, rat race, rebuke, recital, recitation, recriminate, regency, regentship, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, responsibility, saddle, saddle with, scold, scut work, sermon, service, set, set task, skull session, slavery, spadework, stint, strain, stroke, stroke of work, struggle, subject to, sweat, take to task, talk, taunt with, tax, teaching, things to do, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, trouble, trust, trusteeship, twit, undertaking, upbraid, venture, vicarious authority, vocation, warrant, weigh, weight, weight down with, work, yoke with
Etymology
From an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxāre (“censure, charge”).
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