task

Pluraltasks

Formstasks, tasking, tasked

1. 1
   piece of worknouncountable

   a piece of work that you have to do, often as part of your job

   Like one job on a list of chores you have to do.

   Filing the daily reports is one of his tasks at the office.

   Each worker must finish every task on the morning list.

   UsageSay do, finish or carry out a task.

   Similarjob

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   nouncountable

   A job that is hard, boring, or takes a lot of effort.

   Like a long, boring chore you wish you could skip.

   Cleaning the whole house felt like an impossible task.

   Sorting thousands of old photos was a dull task.

   UsageOften with a word like hard, dull or impossible: an impossible task.

   Similarchore, undertaking

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3. 3
   assignverbtransitive

   To give someone a job to do.

   Like handing someone a job and saying, 'This one's yours.'

   The manager tasked her team with cleaning the storeroom.

   They task new workers with simple jobs first.

   UsageUse with: task someone with a job, or be tasked with doing something.

   Similarcharge, entrust, assign

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   computer processnouncountable

   A program or job that a computer is running.

   Like one job the computer is working on at a time.

   The computer slowed down when too many tasks were open.

   You can close a frozen task from this menu.

   Similarprocess

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5. 5
   goalnouncountable

   A goal that you are trying to reach.

   Like the target you are aiming for.

   Their main task was to reach the summit before dark.

   Our task this year is to raise enough money for the school.

   UsageOften our task is to + a verb: our task is to win.

   Similarmission, objective, aim, goal

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