task

US /tæsk/

UK /tæsk/

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a piece of work to be done or undertaken

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Completing this report is my main task for today.

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She was assigned the task of organizing the event.

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duty assignment job chore errand

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to assign a task to (someone)

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I will task him with finding a solution.

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The manager decided to task the new employee with data entry.

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assign charge burden entrust

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Herculean task