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task

Pronunciation: /tɑːsk/

The English word “task” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
  2. A state of diligence in work on a task.
  3. Any piece of work done.
  4. A single action undertaken by a given agent.
  5. A difficult or tedious undertaking; a substantial project.
  6. An objective or duty.
  7. A process or execution of a program.
  8. State of being subject to reprimands.
  9. A tax or charge.

verb

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

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 taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.

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