Thesaurus: task

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1. v. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
2. v. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
3. v. t. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
4. v. t. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
5. v. t. To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
6. n. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
7. n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
8. v. assign a task to
9. v. use to the limit
10. 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. 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.