task

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. work, stint, job, labor; lesson, assignment, charge, duty, chore; drudgery, burden. —v. t. strain, tax, overburden, overwork; impose, assign, charge. See exertion, commission, command, business.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. assignment, job, chore, stint, duty, responsibility, business; see also duty 2 , job 2 .

• take to task,

Syn. reprove, criticize, judge; see censure , scold .

Syn.- task refers to a piece of work assigned to or demanded of someone and usually implies that this is difficult or arduous work [ he has the task of answering letters ] ; chore applies to any of the routine domestic activities for which one is responsible [ his chore is washing the dishes ] or to any task that is annoying or unpleasant [it was a chore to visit his mother every week] stint refers to a task that is one's share of the work done by a group and usually connotes a minimum to be completed in the allotted time [ we've all done our daily stint] ; assignment applies to a specific, prescribed task allotted by someone in authority [ classroom assignments] ; job , in this connection, refers to a specific piece of work, as in one's trade or as voluntarily undertaken for pay [ the job of painting our house ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

job, chore, assignment, duty, charge, work, responsibility, occupation, undertaking, stint, burden, mission, errand.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A piece of work that has been assigned: assignment, chore, duty, job, office, stint. See WORK. 2. A difficult or tedious undertaking: chore, effort. Informal: job. See HEAVY, WORK. 3. The proper activity of a person or thing: function, job, purpose, role. See DO. II verb To force to work: drive, tax, work. Idiom: crack the whip. See WORK.