English dictionary
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English noun: task | |||
| 1. | task (act) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | ||
| Samples | He prepared for great undertakings. | ||
| Synonyms | labor, project, undertaking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adventure, assignment, baby, breeze, child's play, cinch, dangerous undertaking, duck soup, endeavor, endeavour, endurance contest, enterprise, escapade, labor of love, labour of love, large order, marathon, no-brainer, picnic, piece of cake, proposition, pushover, risky venture, snap, tall order, venture, walkover | ||
| Instance hyponym | Manhattan Project | ||
| 2. | task (act) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | ||
| Samples | Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars. The job of repairing the engine took several hours. The endless task of classifying the samples. The farmer's morning chores. | ||
| Synonyms | chore, job | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ball-breaker, ball-buster, scut work, shitwork, stint | ||
English verb: task | |||
| 1. | task (social) assign a task to | ||
| Samples | I tasked him with looking after the children. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assign, delegate, depute, designate | ||
| 2. | task (consumption) use to the limit | ||
| Samples | You are taxing my patience. | ||
| Synonyms | tax | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | extend, strain | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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