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Antonyms for task

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : task, tahsk
Phonetic Transcription : tæsk, tɑsk

Definition of task

Origin :
  • c.1300, "piece of work imposed as a duty," from Old North French tasque (13c., Old French tasche, Modern French tâche) "duty, tax," from Vulgar Latin *tasca "a duty, assessment," metathesis of Medieval Latin taxa, a back-formation of Latin taxare "to evaluate, estimate, assess" (see tax). General sense of "any piece of work that has to be done" is first recorded 1590s. Phrase take one to task (1680s) preserves the sense that is closer to tax.
  • German tasche "pocket" is from the same Vulgar Latin source (via Old High German tasca), with presumable sense evolution from "amount of work imposed by some authority," to "payment for that work," to "wages," to "pocket into which money is put," to "any pocket."
  • noun job or chore, often assigned
  • verb assign, burden
Example sentences :
  • But when the morning came he found the task a difficult one to enter upon.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The task now imposed upon him was a most distasteful and unwelcome one.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • He had accomplished the task which he had set himself in his youth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Yet do I know what a task I have undertaken, because of the knack you are noted for at writing.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • As I eat my breakfast and smoke my pipe, I ponder over my task.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • It is true your task has been disagreeable, but not more so than others.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • But generally speaking, it does escape them, and lives to finish its task.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Dorcas of Lydda may have been of any age, but, judging by the circumstances, she had not completed her task.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Synonyms for task

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