task

[task]

A task can be big or small, easy or really hard but it's never more than a job that needs to get done.

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Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

Noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "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 sampl

Noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"

Verb
use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"

Verb
assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"


v.
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

v.
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.

v. t.
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.

v. t.
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

v. t.
To charge; to tax; as with a fault.


Task

Task , n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t'83che, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.] 1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close.
2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
To take to task. See under Take. Syn. -- Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint.

Task

Task, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tasked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasking.] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. 3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.

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Usage Examples

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

Art is the proper task of life.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans.

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.

Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement.

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

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