Sekirov Dictionary

task

UK /tɑːsk/US /tæsk/

noun 9
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun9

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a job that someone must do as part of their work
- The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
Any piece of work done.
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A single action undertaken by a given agent.
- Each member of the team completed tasks in service of the goal.
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A difficult or tedious undertaking; a substantial project.
- Getting him to change his behavior will be quite a task for you.
- I'm currently working on the task she gave me, alphabetizing all of those print files.
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An objective or duty.
- Your task is the elimination of the termites.
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A process or execution of a program.
- The user killed the frozen task.
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State of being subject to reprimands.
- I will put him to task for what he's done.
- Can she hold us to task for that?
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A state of diligence in work on a task.
- I put him to task on the chores.
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(no longer used) A tax or charge.
- Art thou the Collector of the Kings taske? […] Thou hast thy taske money for all that be heere, […] — 1593

verb4

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To assign a task to; to impose a task on.
- On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
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To charge, as with a fault.
- Too impudent to task me with those errors. — 1619
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To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
- He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. — 1851
(no longer used) To institute a tax on.

forms

tasked · tasking · tasks

Phrases with task

take to task
To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.

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