task

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.countable

• daily task, monotonous task, regular task, parental task
• The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; A state of diligence in work on a task.uncountable

• I put him to task on the chores.

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; Any piece of work done.countable

• carry out a task
• complete a task

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; A single action undertaken by a given agent.countable

• Each member of the team completed tasks in service of the goal.

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; A difficult or tedious undertaking; a substantial project.countable

• 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.

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; An objective or duty.countable

• Your task is the elimination of the termites.

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.; A process or execution of a program.countable

• The user killed the frozen task.

State of being subject to reprimands.uncountable

• call to task, take to task
• I will put him to task for what he's done.

A tax or charge.countableobsolete

• Art thou the Collector of the Kings taske? […] Thou haſt thy taske money for all that be heere, […]

To assign a task to; to impose a task on.transitive

• On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.

To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to taxtransitive

• He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it.

To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax; To institute a tax on.obsoletetransitive

To charge, as with a fault.transitive

• Too impudent to task me with those errors.

Alternative form of taisch.alt-ofalternative