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task

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/tɑːsk/ English

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noun

  1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
  2. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
  3. An objective.
  4. A process or execution of a program.“The user killed the frozen task.”

verb

  1. To assign a task to, or impose a task on.“On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.”
  2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
  3. To charge, as with a fault.

noun

  1. Second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.
  2. The sound of the voice of a person about to die, heard supernaturally by somebody not present at the scene.

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