task
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,531 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,965 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted also: undertaking, project, labor he prepared for great undertakings
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee also: job, chore estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollarsthe job of repairing the engine took several hours
verb
- assign a task to I tasked him with looking after the children
- use to the limit also: tax you are taxing my patience
task in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Now to her task the milkmaid goes.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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He paused for a moment to breathe, and sprang on to complete his task.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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From this day forth, I give up my task for work of more immediate profit.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Agnes had just finished her last task and was throwing her books into a drawer, each more violently than the other.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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She was peculiarly adapted for such a task, with her kind heart, her gentle firmness, her common-sense and her uniform temper.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1