task

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
2. Any piece of work done.
3. A single action undertaken by a given agent.
4. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
5. An objective.
6. A process or execution of a program.
7. (obsolete) A tax or charge.

Verb

1. (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
2. (transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
3. (transitive) To charge, as with a fault.

Sinonieme

job

work

duty

assignment

business

mission

chore

labour

responsibility

labor

function

lesson

obligation

occupation

errand

activity

stint

undertaking

objective

tax

homework

problem

project

employment

charge

duties

use

service

burden

deed

action

role

commission

effort

theme

thing

subject

hometask

procedure

construction

🚧

responsibilities

office

🏢

affair

place

operation

part

exercise

material

enterprise

mandate

Vertalings

Aufgabe

tâche

tarea

taak

tarefa

compito

Auftrag

travail

devoir

görev

incarico

opgave

Arbeit

lavoro

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tɑːsk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: taske

In summary

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.