n. | 1. | Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. | |||
2. | Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
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v. t. | 1. | To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. | |||
2. | To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. | ||||
3. | To charge; to tax, as with a fault. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | task - 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 samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" | |
Verb | 1. | task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" |
2. | task - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" Synonyms: tax |