task /täsk or task/

1. A piece or amount of work set or undertaken (sometimes an esp burdensome, difficult or unpleasant one)
2. A single piece of work to be processed (computing)

1. To burden with heavy or difficult work
2. To put (a person's skills or capacity) fully or severely to the test
3. To assign a task or (eg military) mission to
4. To allocate as a task
5. To tax (Shakespeare)

taskˈer noun

1. A person who imposes or performs a task
2. A person who does piecework

taskˈing noun

Taskwork

taskˈbar noun

An area on a computer screen that displays details of all programs currently running

task force or task group noun

1. A group formed by selection from different branches of the armed services to carry out a specific task
2. A similar group within the police force
3. A working party (qv under work) for a civilian purpose

task-oˈriented adjective

Measuring success in terms of completion of tasks

taskˈmaster noun

(also fem taskˈmistress) a person who allots tasks esp involving hard, regular or continuous work

task swapping or task switching noun (computing)

An operation whereby control can be swapped between two or more application programs, either on a command from the user or by the operating system

taskˈwork noun

Work done as a task, or by the job

take (someone) to task

To rebuke (someone)

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• skin test
• skintest
• skin tests
• skintight
• skintights
• skin up
• skin wool
• skio
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• skip
• ski pants
• skip it
• skipjack
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• skipjack tuna
• skip-kennel
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• skiplane
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• ski pole
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• skipped
• skipper
• skippered