task

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxāre (“censure; charge”). Doublet of tax.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: täsk, IPA^(key): /tɑːsk/
• (Northern England, Scotland) IPA^(key): /task/
• (General American) enPR: tăsk, IPA^(key): /tæsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

Noun

task (plural tasks)

1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.

2. Any piece of work done.
3. A single action undertaken by a given agent.
4. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
5. An objective.
6. (computing) A process or execution of a program.

7. (obsolete) A tax or charge.

Synonyms

• (piece of work): chore, job
• (difficult undertaking): undertaking
• (objective): objective, goal
• (process): process

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Verb

task (third-person singular simple present tasks, present participle tasking, simple past and past participle tasked)

1. (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
2. (transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
3. (transitive) To charge, as with a fault.

Derived terms

• multitask
• multi-task

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

task

1. Alternative form of taisch

Anagrams

• AKST, KTAS, Kast, askt, kast, kats, skat

Swedish

Noun

task c

1. (colloquial) a dick (penis)

Declension

See also

• kuk

References

• task in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• task in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• task in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken