English to English noun
1 |
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Example:
• he prepared for great undertakings
source: wordnet30
2 |
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Example:
• 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
source: wordnet30
3 |
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. | source: webster1913 verb Example:
• I tasked him with looking after the children
source: wordnet30 Example:
• you are taxing my patience
source: wordnet30
6 |
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. | source: webster1913
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