task

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

tâche

travail

devoir

mission

fonction

entreprise

emploi

rôle

occupation

office

corvée

besogne

projet

société

sujet

tache

tâcher

taxe

thème

utilisation

pensum

responsabilités

travail dur

devoir officiel

projetons

affaire

groupe de projet

boite

boîte

📦

charger

effort

exercice

firme

impôt

labeur

métier

obligation

place

service

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Aufgabe

tarea

taak

tarefa

compito

Auftrag

görev

incarico

Arbeit

lavoro

opgave

مهمة

Pflicht

αγγαρεία

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɑːsk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.