task
n. mission, assignment; obligation; role; burden, load v. assign tasks; overburden, strain | ||||
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Tasks Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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task
Noun
1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
(synonym) undertaking, project, labor
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
(synonym) job, chore
(hypernym) duty
(hyponym) ball-buster, ball-breaker
Verb
1. assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
(hypernym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(derivation) job, chore
2. use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
(synonym) tax
(hypernym) strain, extend
Noun
1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
(synonym) undertaking, project, labor
(hypernym) work
(hyponym) cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
(synonym) job, chore
(hypernym) duty
(hyponym) ball-buster, ball-breaker
Verb
1. assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
(hypernym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(derivation) job, chore
2. use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
(synonym) tax
(hypernym) strain, extend
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Tasks Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Task
In common language, a task is part of a set of actions which accomplish a job, problem or assignment.
In particular, task may refer to:
- Task analysis is the analysis or a breakdown of exactly how a task is accomplished, such as what sub-tasks are required
- Task (project management)
- Task (computers), in computing, a program execution context
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