Task

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  • noun. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
  • noun. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
  • noun. A function to be performed; an objective.
  • transitive verb. To assign a task to or impose a task on.
  • transitive verb. To subject to strain or hardship.
  • idiom. (take/call) /bring) To reprimand or censure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To tax; charge.
  • To take to task; charge with something.
  • To impose a task upon; assign a definite amount of labor to.
  • To oppress with severe or excessive labor or exertion; occupy or engage fully, as in a task; burden.
  • noun. A tax; an assessment; an impost.
  • noun. Labor imposed; especially, a definite quantity or amount of labor; work to be done; one's stint; that which duty or necessity imposes; duty, or duties collectively.
  • noun. Specifically A lesson to be learned; a portion of study imposed by a teacher.
  • noun. Work undertaken; an undertaking.
  • noun. Burdensome employment; toil.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
  • noun. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
  • noun. See under Take.
  • transitive verb. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
  • transitive verb. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
  • transitive verb. To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
  • noun. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
  • noun. An objective.
  • noun. A process or execution of a program.
  • verb. To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
  • verb. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
  • verb. To charge, as with a fault.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. assign a task to
  • verb. use to the limit
  • noun. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  • noun. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  • Word Usage
    "Also I wrapped the $task like this: addslashes$task in insertTask.php because otherwise double quotes are not accepted into a new task, and the DHTML corrupts."
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    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ask  Basque  Pasch  Rask  ask  
    Same Context
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    Gates  activity  altar  black  demeanors  
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    accuse  accuse  affair  agency  agentship  
    verb-form
    tasked  tasking  tasks