task

Meaning

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

Concepts

task

job

work

duty

assignment

business

mission

chore

labour

responsibility

labor

function

lesson

obligation

occupation

activity

errand

stint

undertaking

objective

homework

problem

employment

charge

project

tax

duties

role

action

service

burden

commission

deed

use

effort

hometask

subject

theme

procedure

office

affair

thing

material

exercise

piece of work

place

responsibilities

mandate

serve

construction

operation

part

enterprise

vocation

plan

scheme

routine

load

onus

demand

travail

drive

assigned job

class materials

school work

application

petition

doing

opus

operating duty

rehearsal

aim

commitment

profession

care

assign

situation

step

devotion

favor

work party

difficulty

responsability

order

summons

warrant

writ

chores

setting

goal

object

attend

functions

matter

jobs

working position

performance

hard work

toil

declaratory judgment

housekeeping

housework

official duty

blueprint

campaign

crusade

works

company

endeavor

venture

act

do

make

manufacture

perform

trade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑːsk/

Etymology

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 taxāre (“censure; charge”). Doublet of tax.