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task
Overview of noun task
The noun task has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (18) undertaking, project, task, labor -- (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings")
2. (15) job, task, chore -- (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores")
Overview of verb task
The verb task has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. task -- (assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children")
2. tax, task -- (use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
job, task, chore
=> duty
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
=> adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking
=> assignment
=> baby
=> enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
=> labor of love, labour of love
=> marathon, endurance contest
=> no-brainer
=> proposition
=> tall order, large order
=> venture
HAS INSTANCE=> Manhattan Project
Sense 2
job, task, chore
=> ball-buster, ball-breaker
=> disagreeable task, disagreeable chore
=> stint
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
Sense 2
job, task, chore
=> duty
Antonyms of noun task
Member Holonyms of noun task
Substance Holonyms of noun task
Part Holonyms of noun task
Member Meronyms of noun task
Substance Meronyms of noun task
Part Meronyms of noun task
Meronyms of noun task
Holonyms of noun task
Attributes of noun task
Derived Forms of noun task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
RELATED TO>(verb) task#1
=> task
Sense 2
job, task, chore
RELATED TO>(verb) task#1
=> task
Domain of noun task
Domain Terms of noun task
Familiarity of noun task
task used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Sense 2
job, task, chore
> duty
=> job, task, chore
=> function, office, part, role
=> assignment, duty assignment
Meronyms of noun task
2 senses of task
Holonyms of noun task
Grep of noun task
disagreeable task
task
task force
taskent
taskmaster
taskmistress
Antonyms of verb task
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
task
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
tax, task
=> strain, extend
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb task
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
task
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
Sense 2
tax, task
=> strain, extend
'Cause To' of verb task
Derived Forms of verb task
1 of 2 senses of task
Sense 1
task
RELATED TO>(noun) task#2
=> job, task, chore
RELATED TO>(noun) task#1
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
Domain of verb task
Domain Terms of verb task
Familiarity of verb task
task used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
task
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 2
tax, task
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb task
2 senses of task
Sense 1
task
> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> mandate
=> cast
=> post
=> cast
=> devolve
=> task
=> place
=> regiment
=> transfer, reassign
=> delegate, depute
=> mandate
=> promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> place
Sense 2
tax, task
> strain, extend
=> overstrain, overextend
=> tax, task
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb task
Sense 1
task
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
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Sense 2
tax, task
=> strain, extend
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Grep of verb task
take to task
task
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