task

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 73.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.

   daily task, monotonous task, regular task, parental task

2. noun A state of diligence in work on a task.

   I put him to task on the chores.

3. noun Any piece of work done.

   carry out a task

4. noun A single action undertaken by a given agent.

   Each member of the team completed tasks in service of the goal.

5. noun A difficult or tedious undertaking; a substantial project.

   Getting him to change his behavior will be quite a task for you.

6. noun An objective or duty.

   Your task is the elimination of the termites.

7. noun A process or execution of a program.

   The user killed the frozen task.

8. noun State of being subject to reprimands.

   call to task, take to task

Similar words

job chore project labor tax undertaking work assignment mission employment

Often followed by

of force is to was in for and that

Word family

bring to task bringing to task brings to task brought to task call to task called to task calling to task calls to task tasked tasking