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task
noun
1 task
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
synonyms: labor, project, undertaking.
Roget 537:
teaching
etc.
v.;
instruction;
edification;
education;
tuition;
tutorage,
tutelage;
direction,
guidance;
opsimathy†.
qualification,
preparation;
training,
schooling
etc.
v.;
discipline;
excitation.
drill,
practice;
book exercise.
persuasion,
proselytism,
propagandism†,
propaganda;
indoctrination,
inculcation,
inoculation;
advise
etc.
695.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
lesson,
lecture,
sermon;
apologue†,
parable;
discourse,
prolection†,
preachment;
chalk talk;
Chautauqua [U.S.].
exercise,
task;
curriculum;
course,
course of study;
grammar,
three R's,
initiation,
A. B.C.,
etc.
(beginning)
66.
elementary education,
primary education,
secondary education,
technical education,
college education,
collegiate education,
military education,
university education,
liberal education,
classical education,
religious education,
denominational education,
moral education,
secular education;
propaedeutics†,
moral tuition.
gymnastics,
calisthenics;
physical drill,
physical education;
sloyd†.
[methods of teaching]
phonics;
rote,
rote memorization,
brute memory;
cooperative learning;
Montessori method,
ungraded classes.
[measuring degree of learning of pupils]
test,
examination,
exam;
final exam,
mid-term exam grade
[result of measurement of learning],
score,
marks;
A,B,C,D,E,F;
gentleman's C;
pass,
fail,
incomplete.
homework;
take-home lesson;
exercise for the student;
theme,
project.
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Dutch: Rome is niet op één dag gebouwd, doel, taak, werklast
Polish: przedsięwzięcie
2 task
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee:
— The endless task of classifying the samples.
synonyms: chore, job.
Roget 625:
business,
occupation,
employment;
pursuit
etc.
622;
what one is doing,
what one is about;
affair,
concern,
matter,
case.
matter in hand,
irons in the fire;
thing to do,
agendum,
task,
work,
job,
chore [U.S.],
errand,
commission,
mission,
charge,
care;
duty
etc.
926.
part,
role,
cue;
province,
function,
lookout,
department,
capacity,
sphere,
orb,
field,
line;
walk,
walk of life;
beat,
round,
routine;
race,
career.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
vocation,
calling,
profession,
cloth,
faculty;
industry,
art;
industrial arts;
craft,
mystery,
handicraft;
trade
etc.
(commerce)
794.
exercise;
work
etc.
(action)
680;
avocation;
press of business
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Dutch: karwei, baan, opgave, corvee, arbeid, werk, taak, werklast
verb
1 task
2 task
Use to the limit.
synonym: tax.
Roget 688:
be fatigued
etc.
adj.;
yawn
etc.
(get sleepy)
683;
droop,
sink,
flag;
lose breath,
lose wind;
gasp,
pant,
puff,
blow,
drop,
swoon,
faint,
succumb.
fatigue,
tire,
weary,
irk,
flag,
jade,
harass,
exhaust,
knock up,
wear out,
prostrate.
tax,
task,
strain;
overtask,
overwork,
overburden,
overtax,
overstrain.
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Roget 677:
use,
make use of,
employ,
put to use;
put in action,
put in operation,
put in practice;
set in motion,
set to work.
ply,
work,
wield,
handle,
manipulate;
play,
play off;
exert,
exercise,
practice,
avail oneself of,
profit by,
resort to,
have recourse to,
recur to,
take betake oneself to;
take up with,
take advantage of;
lay one's hands on,
try.
render useful
etc.
644;
mold;
turn to account,
turn to use;
convert to use,
utilize;
work up;
call into play,
bring into play;
put into requisition;
call forth,
draw forth;
press into service,
enlist into the service;
bring to bear upon,
devote,
dedicate,
consecrate,
apply,
adhibit†,
dispose of;
make a handle of,
make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon,
make a shift with;
make the most of,
make the best of.
use up,
swallow up;
consume,
absorb,
expend;
tax,
task,
wear,
put to task.
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Roget 741:
command,
order,
decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate,
direct,
give orders.
prescribe,
set,
appoint,
mark out;
set a task,
prescribe a task,
impose a task;
set to work,
put in requisition.
bid,
enjoin,
charge,
call upon,
instruct;
require at the hands of;
exact,
impose,
tax,
task;
demand;
insist on
etc.
(compel)
744.
claim,
lay claim to,
revendicate†,
reclaim.
cite,
summon;
call for,
send for;
subpoena;
beckon.
issue a command;
make a requisition,
issue a requisition,
promulgate a requisition,
make a decree,
issue a decree,
promulgate a decree,
make an order,
issue an order,
promulgate an order
etc.
n.;
give the word of command,
give the word,
give the signal;
call to order;
give the law,
lay down the law;
assume the command
etc.
(authority)
737;
remand.
be ordered
&c.;
receive an order
etc.
n..
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