task

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (Freq. 18)
- he prepared for great undertakings
• Syn:
undertaking, project, labor
• Derivationally related forms:
labor (for: labor), project (for: project), undertake (for: undertaking)
• Hypernyms:
work
• Hyponyms:
cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup,
child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake, adventure, escapade,
risky venture, dangerous undertaking, assignment, baby, enterprise, endeavor,
endeavour, labor of love, labour of love, marathon, endurance contest, no-brainer,
proposition, tall order, large order, venture
• Instance Hyponyms:
Manhattan Project
2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee (Freq. 15)
- 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
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
• Syn:
job, chore
• Derivationally related forms:
job (for: job)
• Hypernyms:
duty
• Hyponyms:
ball-buster, ball-breaker, stint, scut work, shitwork

II - verb

1. assign a task to
- I tasked him with looking after the children
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. use to the limit
- you are taxing my patience
• Syn:
tax
• Hypernyms:
strain, extend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  job, chore, undertaking, project, labor, tax