task

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: undertakingprojectlaborjobchoretax

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted“he prepared for great undertakings”Synonyms: undertakingprojectlabor
  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”Synonyms: jobchore

Verb (2)

  1. assign a task to“I tasked him with looking after the children”
  2. use to the limit“you are taxing my patience”Synonyms: tax
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Task \Task\ (t[.a]sk), n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[^a]che, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]

1.Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. [1913 Webster]

Ma task of servile toil.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]

2.Business; employment; undertaking; labor. [1913 Webster]

His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.— Atterbury.[1913 Webster]

To take to task. See under Take. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint. [1913 Webster]

Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tasked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasking.]

1.To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. [1913 Webster]

There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. [1913 Webster]

3.To charge; to tax, as with a fault. [1913 Webster]

Too impudent to task me with those errors.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]
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