task
task
- n any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- n a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
the endless task of classifying the samples - v assign a task to
I tasked him with looking after the children - v use to the limit
- Another task-force surprise was a recommendation that the government review its lawsuits against several power companies accused of ignoring legally mandated pollution controls on .
- With hopes of finding survivors fading, relatives and scientists turn to the grim task of identifying victims.
- Trying to retake the Falklands, the British task force needed three kinds of warplanes: a naval interceptor to protect the fleet, a ground-attack aircraft to soften up enemy .