plural tasks
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: subjection to adverse criticism : reprimand
… the state government was called to task for not doing more to help the area around the casinos.—
Stephanie Powers
Stephanie PowersIn the NFL, coaches often aren't brought to task for their worst decisions even after games.—Rodger Sherman
see also take to task
Rodger Sherman
tasked; tasking; tasks
1
: to assign a task to
employees tasked with updating the files
2
: to oppress with great labor
tasks his mind with petty details
3
obsolete
: to impose a tax on
Examples of task in a Sentence
Noun
Our first task is to review the budget.
one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family
Verb
I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year.
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Aisha Ditta, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Utah's defense could be up for the task of slowing down the Red Raiders.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
More recently, from her post in the White House, Halligan was tasked by Trump with an effort to root out what the administration calls radical ideology at the Smithsonian Institution museums.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Jenna Glover Chief Clinical Officer at Headspace Headspace’s Glover, meanwhile, said AI can support regular workload check-ins, flag when tasks become unbalanced, and deliver pulse surveys to gather timely feedback — all valuable tools for maintaining team wellbeing.
—Aisha Ditta, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Utah's defense could be up for the task of slowing down the Red Raiders.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
Couture stars Jolie as Maxine, a forty-something American film director tasked with making a short piece of work for a Paris Fashion Week show.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
More recently, from her post in the White House, Halligan was tasked by Trump with an effort to root out what the administration calls radical ideology at the Smithsonian Institution museums.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Task.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/task. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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task
noun
: the performance that is required of the subject in a psychological experiment or test and that is usually communicated to a human subject by verbal instructions
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