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Definitions for Task

[1] a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
[2] any piece of work.
[3] a matter of considerable labor or difficulty.
[4] Obsolete . a tax or impost.
[5] to subject to severe or excessive labor or exertion; put a strain upon (powers, resources, etc.).
[6] to impose a task on.
[7] Obsolete . to tax.
[8] of or relating to a task or tasks: A task chart will help organize the department's work.
[9] take to task , to call to account; blame; censure: The teacher took them to task for not doing their homework.
[10] a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or chore
[11] an unpleasant or difficult job or duty
[12] any piece of work
[13] take to task to criticize or reprove
[14] to assign a task to
[15] to subject to severe strain; tax

Words related to Task

duty, function, business, undertaking, work, project, responsibility, burden, assignment, effort, exercise, load, office, tax, mission, strain, millstone, vocation, employment, stint

Words nearby Task

taser, tashi lama, tashkent, tashlikh, tasimeter, task, task force, task-oriented, taskbar, taskmaster, taskmistress

Origin of Task

1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin tasca, metathetic variant of taxa tax

Other words from Task

task·less , adjective
sub·task , noun
un·tasked , adjective

Word origin for Task

C13: from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from taxa tax, from Latin taxāre to tax

Synonyms for Task

assignment, burden, business, duty, effort, exercise, function, project, responsibility, undertaking, work, bother, calling, charge, employment, enterprise, errand, gig, grind, grindstone, headache, labor, load, millstone, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, province, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, vocation, daily grind, deadweight, fun and games, long row to hoe