TASK
Dictionary entry overview: What does task mean?
• TASK (noun)
The noun TASK has 2 senses:
1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Familiarity information: TASK used as a noun is rare.
• TASK (verb)
The verb TASK has 2 senses:
1. assign a task to
2. use to the limit
Familiarity information: TASK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TASK (noun)
Meaning:
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
undertaking; task; project; labor
Context example:
he prepared for great undertakings
Hypernyms ("task" is a kind of...):
work (activity directed toward making or doing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "task"):
venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)
large order; tall order (a formidable task or requirement)
proposition (a task to be dealt with)
no-brainer (anything that requires little thought)
endurance contest; marathon (any long and arduous undertaking)
labor of love; labour of love (productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation)
endeavor; endeavour; enterprise (a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness))
baby (a project of personal concern to someone)
assignment (an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor))
adventure; dangerous undertaking; escapade; risky venture (a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful))
breeze; child's play; cinch; duck soup; picnic; piece of cake; pushover; snap; walkover (any undertaking that is easy to do)
Instance hyponyms:
Manhattan Project (code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II)
Meaning:
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
chore; job; task
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("task" is a kind of...):
duty (work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "task"):
ball-breaker; ball-buster (a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing)
disagreeable chore; disagreeable task (a chore that causes discomfort)
stint (an individuals prescribed share of work)
• TASK (verb)
Meaning:
Assign a task to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
I tasked him with looking after the children
Hypernyms (to "task" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Use to the limit
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
task; tax
Context example:
you are taxing my patience
Hypernyms (to "task" is one way to...):
extend; strain (use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
