task

1. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (synset 100797381)
   "he prepared for great undertakings"
   is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing something
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: labor, project, undertaking
2. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee (synset 100720957)
   "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"
   is a type of: duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: chore, job

1. Assign a task to (synset 202397742)
   "I tasked him with looking after the children"
   is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2. Use to the limit (synset 201168553)
   "you are taxing my patience"
   is a type of: extend, strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
   same as: tax

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