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📝 A job 📝 To give work
to task

to task

57 2.6
To give someone a piece of work they must do
  • verb
  • /tæsk/
translation icon : encargar (a alguien)
  • The manager tasked the team with completing the report by the end of the week.
  • tasked with developing
  • government tasked agencies
  • agencies were tasked

And, and, and so that they, they were tasked to try to kill Castro.

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Examples

  • Early in his career, an engineer was tasked with testing a new prototype device.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Look, you've been tasked with finding IED factories.

    Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

  • I tasked one man to bring you back to me.

    In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)

  • And so to be tasked with that is pretty challenging.

  • We do really good work when we're tasked to think differently.

  • And what do you think these scientists were tasked with after building a bomb?

  • If a recommendation is determined to be a valid training requirement, the school is tasked with providing it.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Therefore, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are often tasked with software design and programming.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Hospital leaders were tasked by the Board of Directors to significantly decrease the rate of pressure ulcers.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Their passports were closely scrutinized by a multilingual border guard tasked with weeding out potential refugees.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

to assign
vsto task
487 2.7

Give someone a specific task, duty, or position of responsibility

is the neutral everyday word with the same meaning
to post
vsto task
145 4.2

To assign someone to a place or job as part of their work

gives a job or duty rather than placing someone in a position
to delegate
vsto task
45 3.7

To give a job and authority to someone so they do it for you

gives work without passing authority to the other person
to detail
vsto task
  • Formal
8 5.9

To assign someone to a specific job for a short time

gives duties without implying they are temporary
to depute
vsto task
  • UK
1 7.8

To choose someone to act for you

gives work directly rather than appointing a representative

Idioms

task failed successfully
  • Slang
9.8

A funny message people use when a failure gives a good result

Phrasal Verbs

to take to task
18 6.3

To scold someone strongly for a mistake

to murdelize the task
  • Slang
9.9

To finish a task completely while using too much effort

Compounds

task force
153 3.3

A group of people who work together for a short time to do a specific job

task at hand
22 3.4

The job you are doing now that needs your attention

daily task
3 1.0

An activity you do every day at home or work

mammoth task
1 5.9

A very large and difficult job that needs a lot of time and effort

backbreaking task
5.3

A very hard job that makes your body very tired

fetch-and-carry task
  • Informal
6.6

A simple, boring job doing small errands and chores

fetch-and-carry task
  • Specialized
7.2

A robot action to pick up an object and carry it to a place

How Responsible

to charge
  • Formal
146 3.3
to entrust
87 4.1
to task
57 2.6
to delegate
45 3.7

Surface Forms

task infinitive
tasked past
tasked past participle
tasking present participle
tasks third person singular

Etymology

The verb task comes from the same idea of giving someone a 'charge' or duty. So to task someone is to assign them a piece of work or responsibility.