task

Definition

Examples

Each team member received a clear task at the start of the project.

Synonyms

• assignmenta duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
• dutya task or action required by one's occupation or position
• jobthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Collocations

• Easy easy task
  describing easy task (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)
• Medium assign tasks according to team members' expertise
  to assign tasks according to team members' expertise, meaning to give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
• Hard appoint an interdepartmental task force for crisis
  to appoint an interdepartmental task force for crisis, meaning to create and charge with a task or function
• Very Hard take a delinquent executive to task for negligence
  to perform, accept, or undertake an action regarding a delinquent executive to task for negligence