task
Noun
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is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing somethingsubtypes:
- breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover - any undertaking that is easy to do
- adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture - a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- baby - a project of personal concern to someone
- endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- labor of love, labour of love - productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
- endurance contest, marathon - any long and arduous undertaking
- no-brainer - anything that requires little thought
- proposition - a task to be dealt with
- large order, tall order - a formidable task or requirement
- venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
specific instances: manhattan project - code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II -
is a type of: duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasonssubtypes:
- ball-breaker, ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
- stint - an individual's prescribed share of work
- scut work, shitwork - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores
Verb
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same as: tax
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