TASK as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 sampl
    Hypernyms(s) task is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he prepared for great undertakings
    Hypernyms(s) task is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

TASK as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • use to the limit
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • you are taxing my patience
    Hypernyms(s) task is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • assign a task to
    Usage Example(s)
    • I tasked him with looking after the children
    Hypernyms(s) task is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)