Dictionary Entry
task
task is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
- 2verb
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
- 3transitive verb
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
- 4transitive verb
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
- 5transitive verb
To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
- 6noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
"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"
- 7noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings"
Synonyms
- 8verb
use to the limit
"you are taxing my patience"
Synonyms
- 9verb
assign a task to
"I tasked him with looking after the children"
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