job, task, chore
(noun) 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”
undertaking, project, task, labor
(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; “he prepared for great undertakings”
tax, task
(verb) use to the limit; “you are taxing my patience”
task
(verb) assign a task to; “I tasked him with looking after the children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
task (plural tasks)
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
An objective.
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
• Adjectives often applied to "task": difficult, easy, simple, hard, tough, complex, not-so-easy, challenging, complicated, tricky, formidable, arduous, laborious, onerous, small, big, huge, enormous, tremendous, gigantic, mammoth, colossal, gargantuan, social, intellectual, theological, important, basic, trivial, unpleasant, demanding, pleasant, noble, painful, grim, responsible, rewarding, boring, ungrateful, delightful, glorious, agreeable.
• (piece of work): chore, job
• (difficult undertaking): undertaking
• (objective): objective, goal
• (process): process
task (third-person singular simple present tasks, present participle tasking, simple past and past participle tasked)
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
task
Alternative form of taisch
• AKST, Kast, askt, kast, kats, skat
Source: Wiktionary
Task, n. Etym: [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. tâche, 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
