0 a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty:
We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude.
The government now faces the daunting task of restructuring the entire health service.
1 to criticize or speak angrily to someone for something that they have done wrong:
She took her assistant to task for/over her carelessness.
2 to give someone a task:
3 a piece of work to be done, esp. one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty:
4 a piece of work that needs to be done, especially one that is a regular part of someone's job:
The new team's first task will be to ensure a smooth handover of power.
carry out/complete/do a task Those in charge of planning the relocation will need to decide what tasks need to be carried out.
assign/give/set sb a task A small team at head office has been assigned the task of setting up a central database.
time-consuming/urgent tasks
administrative/creative/sales tasks
5 a difficult thing that must be done:
a challenging/daunting task The government faces the daunting task of restructuring the pension system.
a difficult/hard/impossible task With the cost-cutting complete, the bank is faced with the more difficult task of generating increased revenues to convert into profit.
6 an action done by a computer such as starting a program, checking email, saving files, etc.:
By automating repetitive tasks, software programs can save people a lot of time.
do/execute/perform a task A mainframe's speed is measured in the number of tasks it can perform in a millisecond.
7 to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong:
There are certain tasks, such as polishing, which can only be done with abrasion.
The next most used procedure has been the observation of behaviour, especially in psychomotor speed tasks or pleasantness ratings.
The patients were slower on psychomotor tasks, showed increased visual sensitivity and impaired attention.
Exercise of environmental control can lead to negative outcomes when it is contingent on the performance of difficult tasks.
They were told that they were not being evaluated and that they should relax while performing the various tasks.
Despite the rise in female employment, women today perform the majority of tasks within the household.
All tasks performed or questions answered by each student were scored dichotomously as correct or left blank on the checklists.
Thus, while the medium in which the tasks are performed will be different, the actual tasks will, by and large, be the same.
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