task

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  2. noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  3. verb assign a task to

Etymology

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.

In classic literature

Synonyms

undertaking, project, labor

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