task
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Noun 2 meanings
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
“daily task, monotonous task, regular task, parental task”
State of being subject to reprimands.
“call to task, take to task”
Verb 3 meanings
To assign a task to; to impose a task on.
“On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.”
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
To charge, as with a fault.
Etymology
From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.
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TASK at a glance
TASK has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + A 1 + S 1 + K 5) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,216 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with task
All rhymes- MASK10
- FLASK12
- CASK10
- BASK10
- MULTITASK15
- DAMASK13
- UNMASK12
- FACEMASK19
- HASK11
- PHOTOMASK20
- SUBTASK13
- BERGOMASK18
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