task

Plural: tasks

Noun

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  • "the endless task of classifying the samples"
• A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
• Any piece of work done.
• A single action undertaken by a given agent.
• A difficult or tedious undertaking.
• An objective.
• A process or execution of a program.
• A tax or charge.
• Alternative form of taisch.

Verb

Verb Forms: tasked, tasking, tasks

• To assign a specific job or duty to someone.
• assign a task to
  • "I tasked him with looking after the children"
• use to the limit
• To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
• To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
• To charge, as with a fault.

Examples

• On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
• The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
• The game tasked me with finding a seven-letter word on a tricky board.
• The user killed the frozen task.

Synonyms

chore, job, labor, project, tax, undertaking, goal, objective, process

Anagrams of task