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Meaning of task in English

task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/ us/tæsk/

task noun (WORK)

B2 [ C ]
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty:
perform a task We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude.

task noun (SPEAK ANGRILY)

take someone to task
to criticize or speak angrily to someone for something that they have done wrong:
take someone to task for/over something She took her assistant to task for/over her carelessness.
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task
uk/tɑːsk/ us/tæsk/
to give someone a task:
be tasked with We have been tasked with setting up camps for refugees.
(Definition of task from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

task | American Dictionary

task
noun [ C ]
us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, esp. one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty:
Our first task after we moved was to find a doctor.
Making these pastries is no easy task.
They face the daunting task of rebuilding their economy.
(Definition of task from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

task | Business English

task
noun [ C ]
uk/tɑːsk/ us/tæsk/
WORKPLACE
a piece of work that needs to be done, especially one that is a regular part of someone's job:
The new team's first task will be to ensure a smooth handover of power.
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.
a crucial/key/main task
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.
IT
an action done by a computer such as starting a program, checking email, saving files, etc.:
do/execute/perform a task A mainframe's speed is measured in the number of tasks it can perform in a millisecond.
take sb/sth to task (over sth)
to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong:
Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing.

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task
formal uk/tɑːsk/ us/tæsk/
to give someone a difficult job to do:
task sb with (doing) sth The parent company is being tasked with turning around two new acquisitions.
task sb to do sth The company completed only a small fraction of the 150 health clinics it was tasked to build.
(Definition of task from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of task

task
To introduce the tasks, the following information was provided on the cover page of the booklets.
Across both tasks, children were given two naming trials each.
Table 2 gives the average performance of the foreign learners in both word categorization tasks.
The speech discrimination test was given after the glide tasks in a separate session.
Finally, for segmentation and blending tasks, the different reading groups were not differentially affected by syllable structure.
Memory was included in the model because the four tasks all involved memory learning.
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.
Developing appropriate tasks for children in their preschool years is difficult for two reasons.
I tasked myself not to make fewer than ten a day; in the end one day had been omitted.
In these contexts, equitable marital relations are perceived as those in which the wife performs most of the household tasks.
If a befriender feels that they are actually friends with the client, they may undertake caring tasks which are beyond the scheme's guidelines.
A final source of the conflicting results may lie in the left - right and yes - no decision tasks.
The tasks were presented live by the first author.
Studies that observe 2-year-olds in verb fast-mapping tasks would be useful in choosing between these accounts.
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.
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.
arduous task
Generalizing the accumulated knowledge of this rural past becomes an arduous task, therefore.
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Translations of task

in Chinese (Traditional)
工作, 任務, (尤指經常、不情願或很難做的)工作…
in Chinese (Simplified)
工作, 任务, (尤指经常、不情愿或很难做的)工作…
in Spanish
tarea, tarea [feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
tarefa, tarefa [feminine]…
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…
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