Definitions for task

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task task

Spelling: [task, tahsk]

IPA: /tæsk, tɑsk/

Task is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in task (akst).

Definitions for task

noun

1. a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
2. any piece of work.
3. a matter of considerable labor or difficulty.
4. Obsolete. a tax or impost.

Idioms

1. take to task, to call to account; blame; censure:

adjective

1. of or relating to a task or tasks:

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to severe or excessive labor or exertion; put a strain upon (powers, resources, etc.).
2. to impose a task on.
3. Obsolete. to tax.

Origin of task

1250-1300; Middle English (noun) Medieval Latin tasca, metathetic variant of taxa tax

Examples for task

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.

The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.

Sabrine is a trained lawyer, likely a helpful quality when your task is to push politicians.

He finishes off the task he has set himself here with considerable precision and skill.

Before dying in 1219, Marshal would begin the task of rebuilding England after decades of war.

But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.

But when the morning came he found the task a difficult one to enter upon.

But the task is a little more fun when you can send your gratitude on cute note cards inspired by traditional Islamic designs.

He had accomplished the task which he had set himself in his youth.

The task now imposed upon him was a most distasteful and unwelcome one.