task
- nounADJECTIVE▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive, monumental▪ arduous, demanding, difficult, hard, laborious, onerous, stiff (BrE), time-consuming, tough, uphill (esp. BrE)▪ dangerous, hazardous (esp. BrE)▪ basic, easy, simple, small, trivial▪
the simple task of making a sandwich
▪ menial, mundane, repetitive, routine, tedious▪ complex, complicated▪ delicate, tricky▪ hopeless, impossible▪ daily, day-to-day, everyday, routine▪ central, fundamental, important, main, major, primary, principal▪The primary task of the chair is to ensure the meeting runs smoothly.
▪ critical, crucial, essential, key, vital▪ immediate, urgent▪ pleasant▪ thankless, unenviable, unpleasant▪ grim▪the grim task of identifying the dead
▪ administrative, domestic, household, manual▪ self-appointedVERB + TASK▪ handle, take on, take upon yourself (esp. BrE), undertake▪Nobody was willing to take on such a thankless task.
▪ approach, face, get to grips with (esp. BrE), tackle▪How do you tackle a task like that?
▪ begin, start▪ carry out, do, fulfil/fulfill, get on with, perform▪I left her to get on with the task of correcting the errors.
▪ accomplish, complete, finish, succeed in▪ cope with▪ fail, fail at, fail in▪ allocate, assign (sb), delegate, entrust sb with, give sb, set sb▪She failed to complete the task that she had been set.
▪ be charged with, be faced with, have▪She was charged with the important task of telling the children.
▪ be engaged in▪I was engaged in the delicate task of clipping the dog's claws.
▪ help in, help sb with▪ be suited to▪His thick fingers were not well suited to the task.
TASK + VERB▪ involve sth, require sth▪The task requires a variety of skills and experience.
▪ fall to sb▪The unenviable task of telling my parents fell to my teacher.
▪ confront sb, face sb▪The team have no illusions about the size of the task confronting them.
PREPOSITION▪ task for▪a hard task for the committee
▪ task in▪one of the first tasks in language learning
PHRASES▪ be no easy task▪Translating the letter was no easy task.
▪ the task ahead, the task at hand (esp. AmE), the task before us, the task in hand (BrE)▪We need to think realistically about the task ahead.
▪We should stop chatting and get back to the task in/at hand.
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task — [tɑːsk ǁ tæsk] noun [countable] 1. a piece of work that must be done, especially one that must be done regularly: • Scheduling is a key task for most managers. • day to day management tasks • computers that can do dozens of tasks at the same time … Financial and business terms
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task — [task, täsk] n. [ME taske < NormFr tasque (OFr tasche) < ML tasca, for taxa, a tax < L taxare, to rate, value, TAX] 1. a piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person 2. any piece of work 3. an undertaking involving labor or… … English World dictionary
Task — Task, der; [e]s, s [engl. task = Aufgabe < mengl. taske < afrz. tasche, über das Vlat. < mlat. taxa, ↑ Taxe] (EDV): in sich geschlossene Aufgabe, dargestellt durch einen Teil eines Programms od. ein ganzes Programm. * * * Task [dt.… … Universal-Lexikon
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
task — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of work to be done. ► VERB 1) (task with) assign (a task) to. 2) make great demands on. ● take to task Cf. ↑take to task … English terms dictionary
task — task, duty, assignment, job, stint, chore are comparable when they mean a piece of work which one is asked to do and is expected to accomplish. Task refers to a specific piece of work or service usually imposed by authority or circumstance but… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
task — task·er; task; task·mas·ter·ship; mul·ti·task; … English syllables
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