task
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
task/tɑːsk/
▶noun a piece of work. ▶verb
- 1 (usu. be tasked with) assign a task to.
- 2 make great demands on.
– phrases
take someone to task reprimand or criticize someone.
take someone to task reprimand or criticize someone.
– origin ME: from an Old North. Fr. var. of OFr. tasche, from med. L. tasca, alt. of taxa, from L. taxare (see tax).
'task' also found in these Oxford entries:
accomplishment
- all-nighter
- appliance
- arm
- assign
- assignment
- attack
- back
- balls-up
- beat
- behind
- bend
- bit
- Bob
- bog
- bollix
- bootless
- born
- botch
- break
- brief
- buckle
- bungle
- burden
- cakewalk
- carry
- cat's paw
- challenge
- charge
- child
- chore
- cinch
- come
- commission
- configure
- crowdsourcing
- cushy
- customize
- dedicate
- dedicated
- delegate
- depute
- detail
- dispatch
- division
- doddle
- doss
- duck soup
- duty
- epic
