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- [task, tahsk]
- /tæsk, tɑsk/
- /tɑːsk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [task, tahsk]
- /tæsk, tɑsk/
Definitions of task word
- noun task a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty. 1
- noun task any piece of work. 1
- noun task a matter of considerable labor or difficulty. 1
- noun task Obsolete. a tax or impost. 1
- verb with object task to subject to severe or excessive labor or exertion; put a strain upon (powers, resources, etc.). 1
- verb with object task to impose a task on. 1
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Origin of task
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin tasca, metathetic variant of taxa tax
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Task
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
task popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
task usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for task
noun task
- activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- beeswax — Beeswax is wax that is made by bees and used especially for making candles and furniture polish.
verb task
- call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
Antonyms for task
noun task
- activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- at home — If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
- at-home — Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
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