Task meaning in English

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Definition

a task: a job, a duty, a mission, something which needs to be done noun
Moving this piano will be no easy task.
a task-master a tyrant, a demanding boss

Examples

  • "Mr. Oléré arrives at work, drinks an herbal tea, and then begins his first task of the day."
  • "Bruno : I will now divide you into two teams. Each team will have a diabolically difficult task."
  • "Your task is to clean the laboratory: The test monkeys have made a real mess playing with their feces (that's "poo poo" to you)."
  • "My responsibilities included mainly administrative tasks such as creating monthly, quarterly and annual personnel reports."
  • "Your task is to clean the laboratory, and by extension, any monkeys therein."
  • "You'll find that dealing with certain members of the media can be quite a task."
  • "It is my unfortunate task to inform you that you have poisoned my son, Mr. Icarus Archibald Quincy."
  • "Project motivation (I have attached a sort of "task list" to this email for you to show Miss Stake."
  • "Day 3 : Our tasks include washing dishes, peeling potatoes, and having our spirit slowly crushed by the inexorable passing of time."
  • "Horatio : Look, this is my "task list"."
  • "Brian, going forward all these tasks can and will be done by BrianBot!"
  • "Do this task that I have demanded of you, and your redemption will be assured."
  • "When I was a perfumer in Paris, I completed all my tasks with a dance and song."
  • "Fiona's task is to create detailed reports of each employee's efficiency, and to eventually compile a comprehensive study of our general effectiveness."
  • "His many tasks involve everything from chemical experimentation to intense brainstorming sessions, during which he lies prostrate on a bed of needles and repeats a string of incomprehensible syllables, often for hours at a time."
  • "He's here to bring music and dance to your everyday tasks."
  • "Do this task that I ask of you, and your redemption will be assured."
  • "It's been awhile since I've dated, so I've prepared several different tasks for you."

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