TASK
\tˈask], \tˈask], \t_ˈa_s_k]\
Definitions of TASK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
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use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
By Princeton University
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assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
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use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
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Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
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To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
By Oddity Software
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Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
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Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
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To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
By Noah Webster.
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Labor or study imposed by another; usually a certain amount; a lesson to be learned; duty; work.
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To impose a certain amount of work upon; burden.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A set amount of work, esp. of study, given by another: work: drudgery.
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To impose a task on: to burden with severe work.
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TASKER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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