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task  (tsk)
n.
1. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
2. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
3. A function to be performed; an objective.
tr.v. tasked, task·ing, tasks
1. To assign a task to or impose a task on.
2. To overburden with labor; tax.
Idiom:
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 taxre, to feel, reproach, reckon; see tax.]
Synonyms: task, job1, chore, stint1, 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, routine, or odd job: The farmer's morning chores included milking the cows.
Stint refers to a person's prescribed share of work: Her stint as a lifeguard usually consumes three hours a day.
Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority: His homework assignment involved writing an essay.

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
take to task to criticize or reprove
vb (tr)
1. to assign a task to
2. to subject to severe strain; tax
[from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from taxa tax, from Latin taxāre to tax]
tasker  n
taskless  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tasktask - 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.tasktask - 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, shitwork - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"
Verb1.task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2.task - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
strain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"

task
noun
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.
verb
charge, assign to, entrust The minister was tasked with checking that aid was spent wisely.
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.
Translations
task [tɑːsk]
A. N
1. (= job) → tarea f
I had to keep the children amused, which was no easy tasktenía que entretener a los niños, lo cual no era tarea fácil
to give or set sb the task of doing sthpedir 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 ordermantener el orden era el cometido del ejército
3. (Comput) → tarea f
B. VT to task sb with sthhacer que algn se encargue de algo
C. CPD task force N (Mil) → destacamento m especial (Naut) → fuerza f expedicionaria; (= working group) → grupo m de trabajo

task [ˈtɑːsk ˈtæsk] n
(= job) → tâche f
to take sb to task (= rebuke) → prendre qn à partie
task force n
(MILITARY)force f opérationnelle
(= committee) → groupe f de travail

task
nAufgabe f; to set or give somebody a taskjdm eine Aufgabe stellen or geben; it is the task of the politician to …es ist Aufgabe des Politikers zu …; to take somebody to taskjdn ins Gebet nehmen, sich (dat)jdn vornehmen (inf)(for, about wegen)
vt = tax VT b

task:
task bar
n (Comput) → Taskleiste f
task force
nSondereinheit f, → Spezialeinheit f
taskmaster
n(strenger) Arbeitgeber; he’s a hard tasker ist ein strenger Meister
task time
n (US Econ) → Zeitnorm f

task [tɑːsk] ncompito
to take sb to task (for sth) → richiamare qn all'ordine (per qc), rimproverare qn (per qc)
task [tɑːsk] ncompito
to take sb to task (for sth) → richiamare qn all'ordine (per qc), rimproverare qn (per qc)

task
n task [taːsk]
a piece of especially hard work; a duty that must be done household tasks. taak عَمَل، مُهِمّه задача úkol opgave; -opgave; job die Aufgabe έργο, καθήκον tarea (töö)ülesanne کار مشکل؛ وظیفه tehtävä tâche מְשִימָה काम zadatak feladat tugas verkefni, verk compito 職務 과업 užduotis uzdevums; pienākums tugas taak arbeid, oppgave, plikt zadanie tarefa sar­cină, îndatorire задача; обязанность úloha naloga zadatak uppgift งานหนัก görev 艱苦的工作,任務 завдання; задача مشکل کام nhiệm vụ
task force
a force selected from the armed services for a special task. taakmag قُوَّة المُهِمّات الصَّعْبَه отряд със специална задача speciální jednotka specialstyrke der Kampfverband ειδικό στρατιωτικό απόσπασμα (με ειδική αποστολή) destacamento especial löögirühm گروه ویژه erikoisyksikkö détachement spécial כּוֹח-מְשִׂימָה कार्यबल radna skupina különítmény gugus tugas sérþjálfuð hersveit (squadra speciale) 機動部隊 기동 부대 specialios paskirties būrys/pajėgos īpašu uzdevumu (militāra) vienība pasukan petugas speciale eenheid kommandostyrke oddział specjalny brigada especial trupe speciale оперативная группа špeciálna jednotka specialna enota operativni odred specialstyrka หน่วยปฏิบัติการเฉพาะกิจ özel görev birliği 特遣部隊 цільова група ٹاسک فورس، چنيدہ مسلح فوج lực lượng đặc nhiệm

task مهمة úkol opgave Aufgabe έργο tarea tehtävä tâche zadatak compito 任務 과제 taak oppgave zadanie tarefa задание uppgift ภารกิจ görev nhiệm vụ 任务


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