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   Task

   /task/

   

   noun

   • 1. a piece of work to be done or undertaken.

   verb

   • 1. assign a piece of work to: "NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties"
   • ▪ make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities): "it tasked his diplomatic skill to effect his departure in safety"

   Word Origin Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’ (see tax). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Definitions of task. noun. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. synonyms: labor, project, undertaking. see more. noun. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. “the endless task of classifying the samples”. synonyms: chore, job.

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   Task definition: a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.. See examples of TASK used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word task, a piece of work that someone has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one. See also synonyms, idioms and task-based learning.