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How to pronounce task in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chore, job
Type of duty
Has types stint, scut work, shitwork, ball-breaker, ball-buster


the endless task of classifying the samples.
Type Words
Synonyms labor, project, undertaking
Type of work
Has types assignment, baby, adventure, labour of love, large order, marathon, no-brainer, picnic, piece of cake, proposition, pushover, risky venture, snap, tall order, venture, walkover, breeze, child's play, cinch, dangerous undertaking, duck soup, endeavor, endeavour, endurance contest, enterprise, escapade, labor of love
Type Words
Synonyms tax
Type of extend, strain
Type Words
Type of delegate, assign, designate, depute


I tasked him with looking after the children.

Examples of task

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Both said other countries should take on the task of aiding the rebels directly.
From the bloomberg.com
Nevertheless, Mr. Andrew said his organization is qualified to take on the task.
From the online.wsj.com
No shock there, but it does assume the task with far less momentum than Beijing.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Richard B. Wirthlin addresses a presidential primary task force in Utah in 1998.
From the latimes.com
Conant needs to begin the long, hard task of fundamentally remaking the company.
From the businessweek.com
Stanton wanted dentists from around the region to participate on the task force.
From the tennessean.com
If that is actually this imam's goal, he's obviously not succeeding at the task.
From the online.wsj.com
The next governor and Legislature should focus on this task ahead of all others.
From the sacbee.com
This is not an impossible task, as has been proven recently by Aurora Christian.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
  • Undertaking: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • Job: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
  • Tax: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
  • AtTask, Inc. is a project management software company based in Utah. The firm was founded in 2001.
  • A task is "an execution path through address space". In other words, a set of program instructions that are loaded in memory. The address registers have been loaded with the initial address of the program. At the next clock cycle, the CPU will start execution, in accord with the program. ...
  • Task-based language learning (TBLL), also known as task-based language teaching (TBLT) or task-based instruction (TBI) focuses on the use of authentic language and on asking students to do meaningful tasks using the target language. ...
  • In project management a task is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time. An assignment is a task under the responsibility of an assignee which should have a start and end date defined. One or more assignments on a task puts the task under execution. ...
  • The Task teaching style is an option available to students under Student-Directed Teaching, a progressive teaching technology that aims to give the student a greater sense of ownership in his or her own education.