Meaning of task in English
task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/ us/tæsk/task noun (WORK)
B2 [ C ]
perform a task We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude.
daunting task The government now faces the daunting task of restructuring the entire health service.
(Definition of task from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
task | Business English
WORKPLACE
carry out/complete/do a task Those in charge of planning the relocation will need to decide what tasks need to be carried out.
assign/give/set sb a task A small team at head office has been assigned the task of setting up a central database.
time-consuming/urgent tasks
administrative/creative/sales tasks
a difficult thing that must be done:
a challenging/daunting task The government faces the daunting task of restructuring the pension system.
a difficult/hard/impossible task With the cost-cutting complete, the bank is faced with the more difficult task of generating increased revenues to convert into profit.
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Examples of task
task
To introduce the tasks, the following information was provided on the cover page of the booklets.
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Across both tasks, children were given two naming trials each.
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Table 2 gives the average performance of the foreign learners in both word categorization tasks.
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The speech discrimination test was given after the glide tasks in a separate session.
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Finally, for segmentation and blending tasks, the different reading groups were not differentially affected by syllable structure.
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Memory was included in the model because the four tasks all involved memory learning.
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Given these varied findings, in the present study we sought to measure general phonological processing using tasks of speeded naming, nonword repetition, and phonological awareness.
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Developing appropriate tasks for children in their preschool years is difficult for two reasons.
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I tasked myself not to make fewer than ten a day; in the end one day had been omitted.
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In these contexts, equitable marital relations are perceived as those in which the wife performs most of the household tasks.
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If a befriender feels that they are actually friends with the client, they may undertake caring tasks which are beyond the scheme's guidelines.
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A final source of the conflicting results may lie in the left - right and yes - no decision tasks.
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The tasks were presented live by the first author.
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Studies that observe 2-year-olds in verb fast-mapping tasks would be useful in choosing between these accounts.
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Team leaders used confidence data to prioritize tasks in light of changing requirements.
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Collocations with task
task
These are words often used in combination with task.
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academic task
As such, knowledge of academic language is intertwined with both the concepts taught in school and the cognitive processes required to carry out academic tasks.
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administrative task
There was a presumption that the government's administrative task was to balance the interests of the competing groups; the outcomes were not its concern.
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arduous task
Generalizing the accumulated knowledge of this rural past becomes an arduous task, therefore.
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Translations of task
नेमलेले काम, कृती…
仕事, 任務, 課題…
iş, görev, vazife…
tâche [feminine], tâche…
tasca…
taak…
செய்ய வேண்டிய ஒரு வேலை, குறிப்பாக தவறாமல், விருப்பமின்றி அல்லது சிரமத்துடன் செய்யப்படும் ஒன்று…
(प्रायः कोई नियमित रूप से और कठिनाई से किया जाने वाला) कार्य…
કામ, (સામાન્ય રીતે કંઈક નિયમિતપણે અને મુશ્કેલી સાથે કરવામાં આવે છે)…
opgave, -opgave, job…
uppgift…
tugas…
die Aufgabe…
oppgave [masculine], jobb [masculine], arbeid…
کسی کام کا ہر حال میں پورا ہونا…
завдання, задача…
చేయాల్సిన పని, ముఖ్యంగా క్రమంగా లేక ఇష్టంగా లేక కష్టంగా చేసేది…
অনিচ্ছাসত্ত্বেও নিয়মিত করা হয় যে কাজ…
úkol…
tugas…
งานหนัก…
nhiệm vụ…
zadanie…
과제…
compito, mansione…
