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English Dictionary: task	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for task
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
task n any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" Synonym(s): undertaking, project, task, labor 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" Synonym(s): job, task, chore v assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" Synonym(s): tax, task
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasking}.] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. --Dryden. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. 3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault. Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Task \Task\, n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[83]che, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See {Tax}, n. & v.] 1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. --Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. --Longfellow. 2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. --Atterbury. {To take to task}. See under {Take}. Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint.