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

1. verb. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
2. verb. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
3. transitive verb. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
4. transitive verb. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
5. transitive verb. To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
6. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: chore, job

7. noun. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

   "he prepared for great undertakings"

   Synonyms: labor, project, undertaking

8. verb. use to the limit

   "you are taxing my patience"

   Synonyms: tax

9. verb. assign a task to

   "I tasked him with looking after the children"

Synonyms

chore, job, labor, project, undertaking, tax

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in task:

kats, skat

Common word forms

tasks, tasked, tasker, tasking, taskless

Words from these letters

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