English Explanatory Dictionary

task

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. 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.
noun
  1. Alternative form of taisch.

Pronunciation

täsk /tɑːsk/ /task/ tăsk /tæsk/ en-us-task.ogg

Word forms

task tasks tasking tasked

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.

Synonyms

chore job objective goal undertaking process

Derived words

call to task multitasking on task Sally-Anne task Sternberg task subtask supertask take to task taskable taskbar task control task failed successfully task-force task force task group taskless tasklet task manager taskmaster task-negative task-oriented task-positive task-specific multitask multi-task
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