task

Meanings

Noun

• A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
• Any piece of work done.
• A difficult or tedious undertaking.
• An objective.
• A process or execution of a program.
• Alternative of taisch

Verb

• To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
• To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
• To charge, as with a fault.

Related

Similar words

• chore, job
• undertaking
• objective, goal
• process

Origin

• From Middle English taske, from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxāre ("censure; charge").