Task

Noun

 * 1) A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
 * 2) A difficult or tedious undertaking.
 * 3) An objective.
 * 4)  A process or execution of a program.

Synonyms

 * undertaking
 * objective, goal
 * process
 * process

Derived terms

 * multitasking
 * subtask
 * take to task
 * taskable


 * task force
 * tasklet
 * taskmaster

Verb

 * 1)  To assign a task to, or impose a task on.

Adjectives for Task
barren; acrid;  incongruous;  diabolical; humble; pensive; considerable; self-imposed; toilsome; glorious; zealous; perilous; imaginative; present-day; uninspired; unpleasing; weary; appalling; tremendous; difficult; strenuous; bleak; ungracious painful; willing; inevitable; hazardous dormant; amusing; staggering; cheerless mental; pedagogical; delightful; knotty; spiritual; irksome; arduous; dreaded; hopeless; delicate; simplified; futile; endless; unfulfilled; impossible; herculean; costly; thankless; onerous; graceful; alloted; anxious; abhorrent; rough; pleasing; laborious; unnatural; noble; primary; astounding; prosaic; formidable; musical; colossal; congenial; recurring; neglected; ungrateful; vulgar; heavy; exacting; suitable; disheartening; menial; priestlike; self-appointed; troublesome; tender; distasteful; useless; easy; discordant; venturesome; intellectual; sales; basic; discouraging; joyous; docile; fatiguing; appalling; dizzy; sublime.

Verbs for Task
absorb in—; accept—; achieve—; allot—; appoint—; approach—; assign—; assume —; attempt—; buckle down to—; charge with—; complicate—; confront—; consecrate to—; dedicate to—; gage in—; engross in—; enlist in—; entrust —; essay—; expend on—; facilitate—; fit for—; fulfill—; glorify—; impose—; intrust —; inure to—; lighten—; lump—s; perform —; plunge into—; prescribe—; present—; rally to—; render—; reward—; rob—; set to—; shirk—; shoulder—; shunt—; spur on to—; toil at—; undertake—; view—; whittle down—; —bores; —confronts; —consumes; —exhausts; —fatigues; —involves; —taxes; —wearies.

Thesaurus
accuse, affair, agency, agentship, allege, arraign, article, assignment, attempt, authority, authorization, blame, book, bother, brevet, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, business, busy, busywork, call to account, calling, care, cargo, censure, chalk talk, chare, charge, chide, chore, cite, commission, commissioning, commitment, complain, consignment, contract, criticize, cure, deadweight, deal, delegated authority, delegation, demand, denounce, denunciate, deputation, devoir, devolution, devolvement, dirty work, discourse, disquisition, donkeywork, drive, drudgery, duty, effort, embassy, employment, empowerment, encumber, engagement, enjoin, enterprise, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exact, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exposition, factorship, fag, fasten on, fasten upon, fatigue, finger, fish to fry, freight, freight with, full power, function, grind, handiwork, handwork, hang something on, harangue, headache, homework, homily, impeach, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, impute, indict, industry, inflict on, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, instruction, job, job of work, jurisdiction, keep busy, labor, lade, lay, lay charges, lay on, lecture, lecture-demonstration, legation, lesson, levy, license, lick, lick of work, lieutenancy, load, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, lumber, make-work, mandate, manual labor, matters in hand, millstone, mission, moil, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, nuisance, object lesson, obligation, occupation, odd job, office, onus, operation, oppress, overdrive, overtask, overtax, overwork, pain, piece of work, pin on, place, plan, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, preachment, prefer charges, press charges, procuration, program, project, proposition, province, proxy, purview, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, rat race, rebuke, recital, recitation, recriminate, regency, regentship, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, responsibility, saddle, saddle with, scold, scut work, sermon, service, set, set task, skull session, slavery, spadework, stint, strain, stroke, stroke of work, struggle, subject to, sweat, take to task, talk, taunt with, tax, teaching, things to do, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, trouble, trust, trusteeship, twit, undertaking, upbraid, venture, vicarious authority, vocation, warrant, weigh, weight, weight down with, work, yoke with

Etymology
From an Old Northern French variant of tasche:, from  tasca:, alteration of taxa:, from  taxare:.

Pronunciation

 * {{SAMPA|/t{sk/}}
 * {{SAMPA|/t{sk/}}

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: առաջադրանք
 * Chinese:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (しごと, shigoto),  課題
 * Lithuanian: užduotis
 * Nahuatl: tequiua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oppgave
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: naloga
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: tasg


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: corvée
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Nahuatl: tequiua
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: naloga, cilj


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * : taak
 * : (múhimma)
 * : tâche
 * : Aufgabe
 * : משימה (mesima)


 * : 일 (il)
 * : tarefa
 * : tarea
 * : uppgift
 * : tasg

Verb

 * Dutch:, een
 * Japanese: 課す (かす, kasu)


 * Russian: поручать, задавать, выдавать задание; озадачивать;  вменять в обязанность

Anagrams

 * AKST
 * askt
 * kast