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daily task

daily task

3 1.0
An activity you do every day at home or work
  • noun
translation icon : tarea diaria
  • Consider students managing daily tasks that will connect them with books and provide a great service to the entire community.
  • perform daily tasks
  • complete daily tasks

Start delegating your daily tasks to technology.

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Examples

  • Over the course of the following week, I observed this charismatic woman perform her daily tasks and backbreaking pottery chores with seeming ease and constant joy.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I've just got to do the small daily tasks, and the rest will fall into place.

    Blog text (30)
  • For the fourth session, the teachers were asked about their daily tasks.

    Academic text (1992)
  • That man is consumed with the same daily tasks.

  • Keep in mind that many of the daily tasks have become automatic for you, the experienced teacher.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Until it does, I might as well stop worrying and go about the daily tasks of life.

    Blog text (1)
  • Clearly, these issues affect citizens in a direct way as they pursue their daily tasks.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The findings suggest that retired women with arthritis might benefit from homemaker services or other assistance with daily tasks.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Their daily tasks include cultivating household plots, family chores, and fetching firewood and water.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Many people find it challenging to complete their daily tasks efficiently.

Synonyms

chore
vsdaily task
195 1.0

A small, boring job you must do at home, like washing dishes

is performed every day rather than on a varied schedule

How Often

constant
198 2.5
daily task
3 1.0
regular
870 1.0
occasional
285 2.8
one-off
8 5.6

Surface Forms

daily task singular
daily tasks plural

Morphology

daily + task

The meaning 'a regular activity performed every day' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'daily' (occurring every day) with 'task' (a piece of work or duty). This adjective+noun composition follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Daily task comes from two simple words: daily meaning 'every day' and task meaning a small job or chore. It paints the image of the same little job you do each morning or evening, so it now means 'a regular activity you do every day'.